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LOT
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Irregular inflected forms: lotted , lotting
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
Example:
they drew lots for it
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lot" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any collection in its entirety
Example:
she bought the whole caboodle
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("lot" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An unofficial association of people or groups
Example:
they were an angry lot
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("lot" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lot"):
car pool (a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers)
camp; clique; coterie; ingroup; inner circle; pack (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
cohort (a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion))
confederacy; conspiracy (a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)
Four Hundred (the exclusive social set of a city)
horsey set; horsy set (a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing)
jet set (a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure)
company; party (a band of people associated temporarily in some activity)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A parcel of land having fixed boundaries
Example:
he bought a lot on the lake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("lot" is a kind of...):
parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lot"):
car park; park; parking area; parking lot (a lot where cars are parked)
building site; vacant lot (a lot on which there are no permanent buildings)
Derivation:
lot (divide into lots, as of land, for example)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
Example:
a wad of money
Synonyms:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("lot" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lot"):
haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)
deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Example:
success that was her portion
Synonyms:
circumstances; destiny; fate; fortune; lot; luck; portion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lot" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lot"):
good fortune; good luck; luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)
providence (a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures)
bad luck; ill luck; misfortune; tough luck (an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes)
failure (lack of success)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Administer or bestow, as in small portions
Example:
the machine dispenses soft drinks
Synonyms:
administer; allot; deal; deal out; dish out; dispense; distribute; dole out; lot; mete out; parcel out; shell out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "lot" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lot"):
allot; assign; portion (give out)
reallot (allot again)
deal (distribute cards to the players in a game)
apply; give (give or convey physically)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Divide into lots, as of land, for example
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "lot" is one way to...):
carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
lot (a parcel of land having fixed boundaries)
Context examples:
I tried here and tried there, but there were lots of other chaps on the same lay as myself, and it was a perfect frost for a long time.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The MOF we chose is made of a zirconium based metal node and we've done a lot of studies that show zirconium is quite inert and it doesn't cause any toxicity issues.
(Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells, University of Cambridge)
In 10 years, a lot changes when it comes to new technologies.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
Sometimes it starts when a person is under a lot of stress.
(Panic Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
Each item is rated on a scale of 0-2 with 0 being 'not bothered at all' and 2 being 'bothered a lot.'
(Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 Item, NCI Thesaurus)
The MRI machine makes a lot of noise.
(MRI Scans, NIH)
Your mind works a lot like a computer.
(Memory, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
A hemorrhage may be internal or external, and usually involves a lot of bleeding in a short time.
(Hemorrhage, NCI Dictionary)
Shots may hurt a little, but the diseases they can prevent are a lot worse.
(Immunization, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
You might have to undergo a lot of medical tests to find the cause of the pain.
(Pelvic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
