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English noun: lot | |||
| 1. | lot (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
| 2. | lot (location) a parcel of land having fixed boundaries | ||
| Samples | He bought a lot on the lake. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | building site, car park, park, parking area, parking lot, vacant lot | ||
| 3. | lot (group) an unofficial association of people or groups | ||
| Samples | The smart set goes there. They were an angry lot. | ||
| Synonyms | band, circle, set | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social group | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | camp, car pool, clique, cohort, company, confederacy, conspiracy, coterie, Four Hundred, horsey set, horsy set, ingroup, inner circle, jet set, pack, party | ||
| 4. | lot (state) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bad luck, failure, good fortune, good luck, ill luck, luckiness, misfortune, providence, tough luck | ||
| 5. | lot (artifact) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random | ||
| Samples | The luck of the draw. They drew lots for it. | ||
| Synonyms | draw | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
| 6. | lot (group) any collection in its entirety | ||
| Samples | She bought the whole caboodle. | ||
| Synonyms | bunch, caboodle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| 7. | Lot (person) (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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | Hebrew, Israelite, Jew | ||
| Domain category | Old Testament | ||
English verb: lot | |||
| 1. | lot (social) divide into lots, as of land, for example | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up | ||
| 2. | lot (possession) administer or bestow, as in small portions | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | allot, apply, assign, deal, give, portion, reallot | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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