What does LOT mean?
Definitions for LOT
lɒtlot
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word LOT.
Princeton's WordNet
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadnoun
(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"
lotnoun
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
"he bought a lot on the lake"
set, circle, band, lotnoun
an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portionnoun
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"
draw, lotnoun
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
bunch, lot, caboodlenoun
any collection in its entirety
"she bought the whole caboodle"
Lotverb
(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
lotverb
divide into lots, as of land, for example
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole outverb
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"
Wiktionary
lotnoun
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
lotnoun
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
a lot of stationery
lotnoun
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
lotnoun
A number of people taken collectively.
lotnoun
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
a building lot in a city
lotnoun
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
lotnoun
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
lotnoun
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
lotnoun
A prize in a lottery.
lotnoun
Allotment; lottery.
lotnoun
All members of a set; everything.
Lotnoun
A nephew of Abraham.
Lotnoun
of biblical origin; rare today.
Etymology: From hlot, from hlutan. Cognate with Dutch lot, Old High German hluz.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lotnoun
Etymology: hlaut, Gothick; hlot , Saxon; lot, Dutch.
Kala at length concluded my ling’ring lot;
Disdain me not, although I be not fair, Who is an heir of many hundred sheep,
Doth beauty keep which never sun can burn,
Nor storms do turn. Philip Sidney, b. i.Our own lot is best; and by aiming at what we have not, we lose what we have already. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.
Prepar’d I stand; he was but born to try
The lot of man, to suffer and to die. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scape-goat. Lev. xvi. 8.
Their tasks in equal portions she divides,
And where unequal, there by lots decides. John Dryden, Virg.Ulysses bids his friends to cast lots, to shew, that he would not voluntarily expose them to so imminent danger. Notes on the Odyssey.
If you have heard your general talk of Rome,
And of his friends there, it is lots to blanks
My name hath touch’d your ears; it is Menenius. William Shakespeare.
ChatGPT
lot
A lot is a defined portion or parcel of land, typically used for a specific purpose such as residential, commercial, or industrial use. It is usually identified by boundaries or property lines and can vary in size depending on the location and zoning regulations. Lots are commonly bought, sold, or developed for various purposes in the real estate market.
Webster Dictionary
Lotnoun
that which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate
Lotnoun
anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots
Lotnoun
the part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning
Lotnoun
a separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot
Lotnoun
a distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city
Lotnoun
a large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so
Lotnoun
a prize in a lottery
Lotverb
to allot; to sort; to portion
Etymology: [AS. hlot; akin to hletan to cast lots, OS. hlt lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. lz, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery.]
Wikidata
Lot
Lot is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot River.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lot
lot, n. one's fate in the future: destiny: that which falls to any one as his fortune: that which decides by chance: a separate portion.—v.t. to allot: to separate into lots: to catalogue:—pr.p. lot′ting; pa.p. lot′ted.—Cast, or Draw, lots, to determine an event by some arrangement of chances. [A.S. hlot, hlýt, a lot—hleótan, to cast lots.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
lot
Specifically, a quantity of material all of which was manufactured under identical conditions and assigned an identifying lot number.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
lot
The abbreviation of allotment, or allowance to wife or mother. (See ALLOTMENT.)
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Who Was Who?
Lot
Mrs. Lot's husband.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LOT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lot is ranked #100791 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Lot surname appeared 179 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lot.
35.2% or 63 total occurrences were Asian.
32.9% or 59 total occurrences were White.
18.9% or 34 total occurrences were Black.
11.7% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'LOT' in Nouns Frequency: #125
Anagrams for LOT »
LTO
OTL
tol
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of LOT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of LOT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of LOT in a Sentence
And I expect him to testify in any trial, even if its in a Walmart parking lot.
A lot of people tell me I should go one more time to break the record, but it doesn't mean anything to me, since the earthquake, when I look back at my career, my biggest disappointment is that I am still worrying about my future.
Petry has really mobilized a lot Germans with her stance on asylum for refugees.
One of the main sources of inspiration was for me my childhood in Iceland where the harbor,... where I spent a lot of time as my father was a sailor, sometimes filled up with boats so you could cross the harbor by going from one deck to the next.
If they doubted I could make any penalty saves, that proved them wrong, i had to stretch fully and it worked. It was pure joy. We got a lot more energy because of that.
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Translations for LOT
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- grundstykkeDanish
- Los, Schicksal, Haufen, Grund, Grundstück, Gruppe, Häuflein, Anzahl, Charge, Parzelle, MengeGerman
- destinoSpanish
- arpa, erä, osa, arpajaisvoitto, arpaonni, tontti, joukko, voitto, kohtaloFinnish
- grundstykki, lagnaFaroese
- destin, ensemble, groupe, bandeFrench
- telek, sorsHungarian
- insieme, destino, quantità, gruppoItalian
- 宿命Japanese
- skjebneNorwegian
- los, przeznaczeniePolish
- lote, bando, quantidadePortuguese
- жребий, участь, группа, судьбаRussian
- bunt, tomt, lott, mängd, ödeSwedish
- çokTurkish
- nhiềuVietnamese
- 批量Chinese
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