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Lot ¹  (lt)

In the Bible, Abraham's nephew, whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back as they fled Sodom.

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lot  (lt)

n.

1. An object used in making a determination or choice at random: casting lots.

2.

a. The use of objects in making a determination or choice at random: chosen by lot.

b. The determination or choice so made.

3. Something that befalls one because of or as if because of determination by lot.

4. One's fortune in life; fate.

5. A number of associated people or things: placating an angry lot of tenants; kids who made a noisy lot.

6. Kind; type: That dog is a contented lot.

7. Miscellaneous articles sold as one unit.

8. Informal

a. A large extent, amount, or number. Often used in the plural: is in a lot of trouble; has lots of friends.

b. Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean "to a great degree or extent" or "frequently": felt a lot better; ran lots faster; doesn't go out a whole lot; has seen her lots lately.

9.

a. A piece of land having specific boundaries, especially one constituting a part of a city, town, or block.

b. A piece of land used for a given purpose: a parking lot.

10.

a. The complete grounds of a film studio.

b. The outdoor area of a film studio.

tr.v. lot·ted, lot·ting, lots

1. To apportion by lots; allot.

2. To divide (land) into lots.

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[Middle English, from Old English hlot.]

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lot

pron

a lot a great number or quantity: not that there was a lot to tell, a lot of people

Noun

1. a collection of things or people: your lot have wasted enough time

2. destiny or fortune: the refugees did not choose their lot

3. any object, such as a straw or slip of paper, drawn from others at random to make a selection or choice: they could only be split by the drawing of lots, the casting by lots

4. the use of lots in making a choice: chosen by lot

5. an item or set of items for sale in an auction

6. US, Canad, Austral & NZ an area of land: to the parking lot

7. a bad lot an unpleasant or disreputable person

8. cast or throw in one's lot with someone to join with voluntarily and share the fortunes of someone

9. the lot the entire amount or number

Adverb

(preceded by a)Informal to a considerable extent, degree, or amount: steroids are used a lot in weightlifting

See also lots [Old English hlot]

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Lot a number of persons or things, collectively; a group of items sold at an auction or for sale in set quantities. See also break, sort.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lot - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" good deal, great deal, hatful, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, pile, plenty, mountain, batch, heap, mass, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
	2.	lot - a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake" car park, parking area, parking lot, park - a lot where cars are parked parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land building site, vacant lot - a lot on which there are no permanent buildings
	3.	lot - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" band, circle, set social group - people sharing some social relation car pool - a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose cohort - a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion) confederacy, conspiracy - a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose Four Hundred - the exclusive social set of a city horsey set, horsy set - a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing jet set - a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure party, company - a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; "they organized a party to search for food"; "the company of cooks walked into the kitchen"
	4.	lot - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, portion condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" good fortune, good luck, luckiness - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes providence - a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes failure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
	5.	lot - anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" draw object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
	6.	lot - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" caboodle, bunch aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
	7.	Lot - (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
Verb	1.	lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
	2.	lot - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, administer, allot, deal give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" allot, portion, assign - give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" reallot - allot again; "They were realloted additional farm land" deal - distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?" apply, give - give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"

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lot

noun 1. bunch, (informal) group, crowd, crew, set, band, quantity, assortment, consignment

noun 2. destiny, situation, circumstances, fortune, chance, accident, fate, portion, doom, hazard, plight

noun 3. share, group, set, piece, collection, portion, parcel, batch >> a lot or lots 4. plenty, scores, masses (informal) load(s) (informal) ocean(s), wealth, piles (informal) a great deal, quantities, stack(s), heap(s), a good deal, large amount, abundance, reams (informal) oodles (informal)

5. often, regularly, a great deal, frequently, a good deal draw lots choose, pick, select, toss up, draw straws (informal) throw dice, spin a coin throw in your lot with someone join with, support, join forces with, make common cause with, align yourself with, ally or align yourself with, join fortunes with

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Specifically, a quantity of material all of which was manufactured under identical conditions and assigned an identifying lot number.

Translations

lot [lɔt] n (at auction) → lote m (= destiny); suerte f;

the lot → el todo, todos mpl; todas fpl;

a lot → mucho, bastante;

a lot of, lots of → mucho(s)/a(s) pl;

I read a lot → leo bastante;

to draw lots (for sth) → echar suertes (para decidir algo)

lot [lɔt] n (at auctions, set) → lot m (= destiny); sort m, destinée f;

the lot (= everything) → le tout (= everyone); tous mpl, toutes fpl;

a lot → beaucoup;

a lot of → beaucoup de;

lots of → des tas de;

to draw lots (for sth) → tirer (qch) au sort

lot [lɔt] n (= kind) → Art f (= group); Gruppe f;

(at auctions, destiny) → Los nt;

to draw lots → losen, Lose ziehen;

the lot → alles;

a lot (of) (= a large number (of)) → viele (= a great deal (of)); viel;

lots of → viele;

I read a lot → ich lese viel;

this happens a lot → das kommt oft vor

lot [lɔt] n (at auctions) → lotto (= destiny); destino, sorte f;

the lot → tutto/a quanto/a; tutti/e quanti/e;

a lot → molto;

a lot of → una gran quantità di, un sacco di;

lots of → molto/a;

to draw lots (for sth) → tirare a sorte (per qc)

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lot

n lot [lot]

1 a person's fortune or fate It seemed to be her lot to be always unlucky. noodlot نَصيب съдба osud lod; skæbne das Los γραφτό, ριζικό suerte, destino saatus سرنوشت kohtalo destinée גוֹרָל ढेर sudbina sok(at) nasib hlutskipti destino 運命 운명 dalia, likimas liktenis nasib lot skjebne, lodd los destino soartă участь osud usoda kob lott, öde ดวง talih, alın yazısı 運氣 доля; жереб قسمت vận mệnh 运气

2 a separate part She gave one lot of clothes to a jumble sale and threw another lot away. klomp مَجْموعَة من السِّلَع من نَفْس النَّوْع част část del der Anteil ποσότητα, φουρνιά lote osa تکه؛ قسمت osa, erä lot פָּרִיט, מָנָה बहुत बडी़ संख्या dio rakás, csomó bagian terpisah hluti; slatti parte ひと山 제비(뽑기) rinkinys, komplektas, sklypas (preču, izstrādājumu) partija selonggok portie del, parti partia lote parte, lot партия, часть časť del deo del, parti ส่วนแบ่ง yığın, grup 份兒 партія الگ حصہ mớ; đống 份儿

3 one article or several, sold as a single item at an auction Are you going to bid for lot 28? lot بِضاعَه تُباع في مَزاد عَلَني няколко предмета, който се продават едновременно на търг položka nummer der Posten παρτίδα, τεμάχιο (σε δημοπρασία) lote partii جنس؛ کالا erä lot קְבוּצַת פְּרִיטִים स्थान विशेष, भाग्य predmet tétel kelompok hlutur lotto ひと組 (경매품·상품 등의) 한 몫[] aukcione parduodamas daiktas/daiktų partija loze lot partij nummer artykuł, obiekt lote obiect vândut la licitaţie лот(ы) položka predmet na dražbi stavka nummer สิ่งของในการประมูล müzayedede satışa çıkan mal(lar) 一批 лот مجموعہ mặt hàng 一批

n pl lots

a large quantity or number lots of people; She had lots and lots of food left over from the party. baie, klomp أعداد أو كميات كبيرَه много spousta meget; en masse die Masse ένα σωρό mucho palju بسیار؛ فراوان paljon beaucoup de הַרבֵּה काफ़ी तादाद mnogo rengeteg banyak margir; mikið molto たくさん 다량 daugybė, gausybė milzums; liels vairums ramai; banyak een heleboel mange, massevis (av) mnóstwo montes o mulţime de множество hŕba, kopa mnogo mnogo många, mycket, massa, massor มาก çok miktarda 許多 велика кількість; безліч بڑی تعداد یا مقدار nhiều 许多

a lot

a large quantity or number What a lot of letters! klomp كميّه كبيرَه أو عدد كبير много hromada mange; meget; en masse viel πολύς, μεγάλος αριθμός ή ποσότητα mucho palju بسیار؛ زیاد paljon beaucoup de הַרבֵּה पर्याप्त मात्रा mnoštvo sok, rengeteg banyak fjöldi, hellingur molto たくさん 다량 daugybė, daug milzums; liels vairums banyaknya veel en hel masse wiele um grande número mulţime de много hromada mnogo gomila en massa จำนวนมาก çok 許多 багато بڑی مقدار یا تعداد nhiều 许多

draw/cast lots, draw