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 Definitions of LOT  [ɒt]  

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Definition of 'LOT' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lot
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.

2.  lot
the casting or drawing of such objects:
to choose a person by lot.

3.  lot
the decision or choice made by such a method.

4.  lot
allotted share; portion.

5.  lot
fate; fortune; destiny:
Her lot was not a happy one.

6.  lot
a distinct piece of land:
a building lot.

7.  lot
a piece of land forming a part of a district, city, or other community.

8.  lot
a piece of land having a specified use:
a parking lot.

9.  lot
a motion-picture studio and its surrounding property.

10.  lot
a distinct parcel, as of merchandise:
furniture auctioned off in 20 lots.

11.  lot
a number of things or persons:
There's one more, and that's the lot.

12.  lot
kind; sort:
He's a bad lot.

13.  lot
a great many or a great deal:
a lot of books; lots of money.

14. (v.t.) lot
to divide or distribute by lot.

15.  lot
to divide, as land, into lots.

16. (n.) Lot
Abraham's nephew, whose wife was changed into a pillar of salt for looking back during their flight from Sodom. Gen. 13:1–12, 19.

17. (n.) Lot
a river in S France, flowing W to the Garonne. 300 mi. (480 km) long.


Definition of 'LOT' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) 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, wad
(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"

2. (noun) lot
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
"he bought a lot on the lake"

3. (noun) set, circle, band, lot
an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

4. (noun) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
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"

5. (noun) draw, lot
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"

6. (noun) bunch, lot, caboodle
any collection in its entirety
"she bought the whole caboodle"

7. (verb) Lot
(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

8. (verb) lot
divide into lots, as of land, for example

9. (verb) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
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"


Definition of 'LOT' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (pronoun) lot
lots/a lot
a large number or amount
I have a lot to do today.; I have lots to do today.; We have lots more milk in the fridge.; There are lots of bananas.; A lot of people thought he was lying.

2. (adverb) lot
a lot
much or a great amount
It's a lot hotter today.; We miss you a lot.; They argue quite a lot.

3. (noun) lot
a piece of empty land
the vacant lot behind the grocery store

4.  lot
the lot
all of sth
I'll buy the lot.

5.  lot
a set of people or things
A new lot of tourists had arrived.; You lot are being too noisy.


Definition of 'LOT' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) LOT
that which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate

2. (noun) LOT
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

3. (noun) LOT
the part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning

4. (noun) LOT
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

5. (noun) LOT
a distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city

6. (noun) LOT
a large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so

7. (noun) LOT
a prize in a lottery

8. (verb) LOT
to allot; to sort; to portion


Definition of 'LOT' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  LOT
Specifically, a quantity of material all of which was manufactured under identical conditions and assigned an identifying lot number.


Translation of 'LOT' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person's fortune or fate
It seemed to be her lot to be always unlucky.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: noodlot Arabic flag Arabic: نَصيب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: съдба
Brazilian flag Brazilian: destino Czech flag Czech: osud German flag German: das Los
Danish flag Danish: lod; skæbne Greek flag Greek: γραφτό, ριζικό Spanish flag Spanish: suerte, destino
Estonian flag Estonian: saatus Farsi flag Farsi: سرنوشت Finnish flag Finnish: kohtalo
French flag French: destinée Hebrew flag Hebrew: גוֹרָל Hindi flag Hindi: ढेर
Croatian flag Croatian: sudbina Hungarian flag Hungarian: sok(at) Indonesian flag Indonesian: nasib
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hlutskipti Italian flag Italian: destino Japanese flag Japanese: 運命
Korean flag Korean: 운명 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dalia, likimas Latvian flag Latvian: liktenis
Malay flag Malay: nasib Dutch flag Dutch: lot Norwegian flag Norwegian: skjebne, lodd
Polish flag Polish: los Persian flag Persian: سرنوشت Pashto flag Pashto: سر نوشت،قسمت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: destino Romanian flag Romanian: soartă Russian flag Russian: участь
Slovak flag Slovak: osud Slovenian flag Slovenian: usoda Serbian flag Serbian: kob
Swedish flag Swedish: lott,öde Thai flag Thai: ดวง Turkish flag Turkish: talih, alın yazısı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 運氣,命運 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: доля; жереб Urdu flag Urdu: قسمت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vận mệnh Chinese flag Chinese: 运气

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