lot

Meaning

Noun

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
2. A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
9. A prize in a lottery.
10. Allotment; lottery.
11. (definite) All members of a set; everything.
12. (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

Verb

1. (dated, transitive) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
2. (US, dated, informal) To count or reckon (on or upon).

Synonyms

fate

destiny

fortune

portion

plot

batch

parcel

share

much

many

plenty

luck

🍀

part

site

mass

allotment

deal

allot

land

heap

set

crowd

caboodle

distribute

great deal

draw

pile

plot of land

chance

🎲

cast

mess

area

bunch

shell out

pot

raft

group

consignment

hatful

sight

passel

multitude

mint

allowance

mountain

⛰️

doom

dispense

good deal

dish out

deal out

Translations

Los

destin

Schicksal

destino

lot

sorte

destino

destino

fato

sort

lot

sorte

suerte

🍀

destí

Parzelle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɒt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lot

Inherited from Old English: hlot

Cognate with Northern Frisian: lod

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Lot

Cognate with Western Frisian: lot

Cognate with Dutch: lot

Cognate with French: lot

Cognate with Middle High German: luz

Cognate with German: Los

In summary

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.

Sentences

Okay , there is not a lot to do at the moment .

That guy over there likes to drink a lot , talk a lot , but do nothing .

Before you meet the handsome prince you have to kiss a lot of toads .

I learned a lot by studying piano books that had chord charts .

That's a lot of gold .

Those make it very cost intensive for a lot of families to settle in Enghien.