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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 ²  (lt, lôt)

A river of southern France rising in the Cévennes and flowing about 483 km (300 mi) westward to the Garonne River.

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lot  (lt)

n.

1. 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.

2.

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.

3.

a. The complete grounds of a film studio.

b. The outdoor area of a film studio.

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

5.

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

b. The determination or choice so made.

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

7. One's fortune in life; fate.

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

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

10. Miscellaneous articles sold as one unit.

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 [lɒt]

pron

(functioning as singular or plural; preceded by a) a great number or quantity a lot to do a lot of people a lot of trouble

n

1. a collection of objects, items, or people a nice lot of youngsters

2. portion in life; destiny; fortune it falls to my lot to be poor

3. any object, such as a straw or slip of paper, drawn from others at random to make a selection or choice (esp in the phrase draw or cast lots)

4. the use of lots in making a selection or choice (esp in the phrase by lot)

5. an assigned or apportioned share

6. (Business / Commerce) an item or set of items for sale in an auction

7. Chiefly US and Canadian an area of land a parking lot

8. US and Canadian a piece of land with fixed boundaries

9. (Performing Arts) Chiefly US and Canadian a film studio and the site on which it is located

a bad lot an unpleasant or disreputable person

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

the lot the entire amount or number

adv (preceded by a) Informal

1. to a considerable extent, degree, or amount; very much to delay a lot

2. a great deal of the time or often to sing madrigals a lot

vb lots, lotting, lotted

1. to draw lots for (something)

2. (tr) to divide (land, etc.) into lots

3. (tr) another word for allot See also lots

[Old English hlot; related to Old High German lug portion of land, Old Norse hlutr lot, share]

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Lot¹

n

1. (Placename) a department of S central France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Cahors. Pop.: 160 197 (1999). Area: 5226 sq. km (2038 sq. miles)

2. (Placename) a river in S France, rising in the Cevennes and flowing west into the Garonne River. Length: about 483 km (300 miles)

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Lot²

n

(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament Abraham's nephew: he escaped the destruction of Sodom, but his wife was changed into a pillar of salt for looking back as they fled (Genesis 19)

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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.

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

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 We've just sacked one lot of builders.

2. destiny, situation, circumstances, fortune, chance, accident, fate, portion, doom, hazard, plight Young people are usually less contented with their lot.

3. share, group, set, piece, collection, portion, parcel, batch The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot.

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) A lot of our land is used to grow crops.

5. often, regularly, a great deal, frequently, a good deal They went out a lot when they lived in the city.

draw lots choose, pick, select, toss up, draw straws (informal), throw dice, spin a coin Two names were selected by drawing lots.

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 He has decided to throw in his lot with the far-right groups.

Translations

lot [lɒt] N

1. (= large quantity) a lot of money → mucho dinero
a lot of people → mucha gente
we have lots of flowers (that we don't want) → nos sobran flores, tenemos flores de sobra
an awful lot of things to do → la mar de cosas que hacer
I'd give a lot to know → me gustaría muchísimo saberlo
quite/such a lot of books → bastantes/tantos libros
quite/such a lot of noise → bastante/tanto ruido
there wasn't a lot we could do → apenas había nada que pudiéramos hacer

2. a lot (as adv) → mucho
I read a lot → leo mucho
we don't go out a lot → no salimos mucho
things have changed a lot → las cosas han cambiado mucho
he drinks an awful lot → bebe una barbaridad
not a lot "do you like football?" - "not a lot" → -¿te gusta el fútbol? -no mucho
thanks a lot! → ¡muchísimas gracias!, ¡muy agradecido!

3. lots lots of people → mucha gente, cantidad de gente
she has lots of friends → tiene muchos amigos, tiene un montón de or (LAm) hartos amigos
he feels lots better → se encuentra mucho mejor
take as much as you want, I've got lots → llévate cuanto quieras, tengo un montón or (LAm) harto(s)

4. (= group)
a fine lot of students → un buen grupo de estudiantes
Melissa's friends? I don't like that lot → ¿los amigos de Melissa? no me cae bien ese grupo

5. the lot (= all, everything) → todo
he took the lot → se lo llevó todo
that's the lot → eso es todo
the (whole) lot of them → todos
big ones, little ones, the lot! → ¡los grandes, los pequeños, todos!

6. (= destiny) → suerte f, destino m
his lot was different → su suerte fue otra
the common lot → la suerte común
it fell to my lot (to do sth) → me cayó en suerte(hacer algo)
it falls to my lot to do it → me corresponde a mí hacerlo
to throw in one's lot with sb → unirse a la suerte de algn

7. (= random selection)
to decide sth by lot → determinar algo por sorteo
to draw lots (for sth) → echar suertes(para algo)

8. (at auction) → lote m
he's a bad lot → es un mal sujeto
I'll send it in three lots (Comm) → se lo mando en tres paquetes or tandas

9. (= plot) (esp US) → terreno m, solar m (Cine) → solar m

10. (= share) → porción f, parte f
see also fat A5

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lot [ˈlɒt] n

a lot pron → beaucoup; adv → beaucoup
We still owe quite a lot → Nous devons encore beaucoup d'argent.
He reads a lot → Il lit beaucoup.
I like him a lot → Je l'aime beaucoup.
This happens a lot → Cela arrive souvent.
not a lot (= nothing much) → pas grand-chose
What did you do at the weekend? - Not a lot → Qu'as-tu fait ce week-end? - Pas grand-chose.
There's not a lot between the two teams → Il n'y a pas beaucoup de différence entre les deux équipes.

a lot of → beaucoup de
We saw a lot of interesting things → Nous avons vu beaucoup de choses intéressantes.

the lot → le tout
that's the lot → c'est tout

lots of → des tas de
He's got lots of friends → Il a des tas d'amis.
She's got lots of money
BUT Elle a plein d'argent.

(= set) [people]
They're a boring lot → Ils ne sont pas rigolos, ceux-là.
We've just sacked one lot of builders → Nous venons de renvoyer une première équipe de maçons.

(= batch) → lot m

(= piece of land) → terrain m

(at auctions) → lot m

(= destiny) → sort m, destinée f
to improve one's lot → améliorer sa condition
to be discontented with one's lot → ne pas être satisfait(e) de son sort
to throw in one's lot with sb (= join forces with) → se mettre du côté de qn

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

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lot¹

n

(for deciding) → Los nt; by lot → durch Losentscheid, durch das Los; to cast or draw lots → losen, Lose ziehen; to draw lots for something → etw verlosen; to draw lots for a task → eine Aufgabe auslosen; they drew lots to see who would begin → sie losten aus, wer anfangen sollte

(= destiny) → Los nt; failure was his lot in life → es war sein Los, immer zu versagen; it falls to my lot to tell him → mir fällt die Aufgabe zu, es ihm zu sagen; to throw in one’s lot with somebody → sich mit jdm zusammentun; to improve one’s lot → seine Lage verbessern

(= plot) → Parzelle f; (Film) → Filmgelände nt; building lot → Bauplatz m; parking lot (US) → Parkplatz m; all over the lot (US inf) (= everywhere) → überall; (= in confusion) → völlig durcheinander

(= articles of same kind) → Posten m; (at auction) → Los nt

(esp Brit: = group of things) where shall I put this lot? → wo soll ich das hier or das Zeug (inf) → hintun?; can you carry that lot by yourself? → kannst du das (alles) alleine tragen?; divide the books up into three lots → teile die Bücher in drei Teile or Stapel ein; we moved the furniture in two lots → wir haben die Möbel in zwei Fuhren befördert; I’d just finished marking the papers when he gave me another lot → ich war gerade mit dem Korrigieren fertig, da gab er mir einen neuen Packen or Stoß or noch eine Ladung (inf); we bought a new lot of cutlery → wir haben uns (ein) neues Besteck gekauft

(esp Brit) he/she is a bad lot (inf) → er/sie taugt nichts, er/sie ist eine miese Type (inf); they are a bad lot (inf) → das ist ein übles Pack

(esp Brit inf: = group) → Haufen m; that lot in the next office → die Typen vom Büro nebenan (inf); I’m fed up with you lot → ich hab die Nase voll von euch allen (inf) → or von euch Bande (inf); are you lot coming to the pub? → kommt ihr (alle) in die Kneipe?; us lot should stick together → wir sollten alle zusammenhalten; bring your lot with you → bring die ganze Mannschaft mit

the lot (inf) → alle; → alles; that’s the lot → das ist alles, das wärs (inf); the whole lot of them → sie alle; he’s eaten the lot → er hat alles aufgegessen; big ones, little ones, the lot! → Große, Kleine, alle!

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lot²

n a lot, lots → viel; a lot of money → viel or eine Menge Geld; a lot of books, lots of books → viele or eine Menge Bücher; such a lot → so viel; what a lot! → was für eine Menge!; what a lot of time you take to get ready → wie lange du nur brauchst, um dich fertig zu machen; what a lot you’ve got → du hast aber viel; how much has he got? — lots or a lot → wie viel hat er? — jede Menge (inf) → or viel; quite a lot of books → ziemlich viele or eine ganze Menge Bücher; such a lot of books → so viele Bücher; an awful lot of things to do → furchtbar viel zu tun; he made lots and lots of mistakes → er hat eine Unmenge Fehler gemacht; I want lots and lots → ich will jede Menge (inf); we see a lot of John these days → wir sehen John in letzter Zeit sehr oft; I’d give a lot to know … → ich würde viel drum geben, wenn ich wüsste …

adv a lot, lots → viel; things have changed a lot → es hat sich vieles geändert; I like him a lot → ich mag ihn sehr; I feel lots or a lot better → es geht mir sehr viel besser; a lot you care! → dich interessiert das überhaupt nicht!

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lot [lɒt] n

a. (large amount) → molto
a lot of money, (fam) lots of money → un sacco di soldi
a lot of people, (fam) lots of people → molta gente, molti
quite a lot of noise → parecchio rumore
such a lot of people → talmente tanta gente
there was not a lot we could say/do → c'era ben poco da dire/da fare
I'd give a lot to know ... → darei non so cosa per sapere...
I read a lot → leggo molto
he feels a lot or (fam) lots better → si sente molto meglio
thanks a lot! (also) (iro) → grazie tante!

b. (fam) the lot (all, everything) → tutto/a (quanto/a)
he took the lot → ha preso tutto (quanto)
that's the lot → (questo) è tutto
the (whole) lot of them → tutti quanti

c. (destiny) → sorte f, destino
the common lot → il destino comune
it fell to my lot to do it → è toccato a me farlo
to throw in one's lot with sb → unirsi a qn

d. (random selection) → sorte f
to draw lots (for sth) → tirare a sorte (per qc)

e. (at auction) → lotto, partita
he's a bad lot (fig) → è un pessimo soggetto

f. (plot of land) → lotto di terreno
building lot → lotto edificabile

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lot [lɒt] n

a. (large amount) → molto
a lot of money, (fam) lots of money → un sacco di soldi
a lot of people, (fam) lots of people → molta gente, molti
quite a lot of noise → parecchio rumore
such a lot of people → talmente tanta gente
there was not a lot we could say/do → c'era ben poco da dire/da fare
I'd give a lot to know ... → darei non so cosa per sapere...
I read a lot → leggo molto
he feels a lot or (fam) lots better → si sente molto meglio
thanks a lot! (also) (iro) → grazie tante!

b. (fam) the lot (all, everything) → tutto/a (quanto/a)
he took the lot → ha preso tutto (quanto)
that's the lot → (questo) è tutto
the (whole) lot of them → tutti quanti

c. (destiny) → sorte f, destino
the common lot → il destino comune
it fell to my lot to do it → è toccato a me farlo
to throw in one's lot with sb → unirsi a qn

d. (random selection) → sorte f
to draw lots (for sth) → tirare a sorte (per qc)

e. (at auction) → lotto, partita
he's a bad lot (fig) → è un pessimo soggetto

f. (plot of land) → lotto di terreno
building lot → lotto edificabile

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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 lot פָּרִיט, מָנָה बहुत बडी़ संख्या dio rakás, csomó bagian terpisah hluti; slatti parte ひと山 몫 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 tavaraerä lot קְבוּצַת פְּרִיטִים स्थान विशेष, भाग्य predmet tétel kelompok hlutur lotto ひと組 제비뽑기, 추첨 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 많음 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 많은 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

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Lot → نصيب skupina mængde Menge παρτίδα mucho joukko lot mnoštvo lotto 群れ 무리 portie samling los lote масса andel จำนวนทั้งหมด topluluk số phận 签