Meaning

2 senses

  1. (dated, transitive)To allot; to sort; to apportion.

  2. (US, dated, informal)To count or reckon (on or upon).

More definitions
  • divide into lots, as of land, for example
  • administer or bestow, as in small portions

Examples

15888 sentences

  1. You worked a lot this week.

    Ви багато працювали цього тижня. — Anjy

    ruТы много работал на этой неделе. — sharptoothed

    deDu hast diese Woche viel gearbeitet. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Your English has improved a lot.

    Твоя англійська сильно покращилася. — deniko

    ruТвой английский стал намного лучше. — Wezel

    deIhr Englisch hat sich sehr verbessert. — BraveSentry

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  3. We had a lot of furniture.

    У нас було багато меблів. — deniko

    ruУ нас было много мебели. — sharptoothed

    deWir hatten eine Menge Möbel. — Espi

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  4. Basketball is a lot of fun.

    Баскетбол — це дуже весело. — deniko

    ruБаскетбол — это очень весело. — Hellerick

    deBasketball macht sehr viel Spaß. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. I've heard a lot about you.

    Я багато про Вас чув. — Internecivus

    ruЯ много слышал о вас. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe schon viel von Ihnen gehört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-W

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

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Forms

lots, lotting, lotted, lotted
Base formlot · to lot
3rd person singularlots
Present participlelotting
Past simplelotted
Past participlelotted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylot
he, she, itlots

Past simpleLesson

all personslotted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lotted
he, she, ithas lotted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lot

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a lot of
  • have a lot
  • is a lot
  • lots lots of
  • lot of money
  • lot of fun
  • lot of time
  • spent a lot
  • lot of things
  • lots lots
  • lot of people
  • lot better better

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lorryB1loseA2loserlossB1lotionlots

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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