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lot

/lɑt/noun, verb1 syllable

Lot means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for lot63

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel
and 12 more, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

fortune, destiny, fate, luck, circumstances, portion

noun, as in an unofficial association of people or groups

set, circle, band

noun, as in any collection in its entirety

bunch, caboodle

noun, as in anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

draw

verb, as in administer or bestow, as in small portions

distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out

also used for lot

load, collection, group, crowd, gang, allotment, parcel, plot, chance, accident, destin, doom, fatality, prize, abundance

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What does lot mean?9

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)“whatever my fortune may be”

3

an unofficial association of people or groups“the smart set goes there”

4

any collection in its entirety“she bought the whole caboodle”

5

anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random“the luck of the draw”

6

(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

7

a parcel of land having fixed boundaries“he bought a lot on the lake”

verb

1

administer or bestow, as in small portions“administer critical remarks to everyone present”

2

divide into lots, as of land, for example

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with lot?27

two syllables

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All 27 rhymes for lot, grouped by syllable

Lot in a sentence

  • Wherever you go, you see a lot of bicycles left on sidewalks near stations.CK
  • If you look after your clothes, they last a lot longer.CK
  • Also, a lot of houses were damaged; windows were often broken throughout the town.Anyone
  • He had a lot of straight, silvery hair.Dejo
  • It is true that they talk a lot, but they say little.AlanF_US
  • As a rule, twins have a lot in common.CK
  • Whichever you may choose, it will do you a lot of good.unknown
  • However, my father used to fool around with women a lot.shekitten

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of lot

as a noun

plural
lots

as a verb

third-person singular
lots
present participle
lotting
past participle
lotted
past tense
lotted