lot in English
- lot⇄adv. a lot, (Informal.) a great deal; much.
Ex. I feel a lot better. - lot⇄expr. cast (or throw) in one's lot with, to share the fate of; become a partner with.
Ex. I intended to go along with this good man, and to cast in my lot with him (John Bunyan). - lot⇄expr. draw (or cast) lots, to use lots to decide something.
Ex. We drew lots to decide who should be captain. - lot⇄expr. lots, (Informal.)
a. a great many; a good deal.
Ex. lots of time, lots of money.
b. very much.
Ex. I like you lots. I feel lots better. - lot⇄expr. the lot, (Especially British.) everyone or everything; all.
Ex. Painting, wallpapering, carpeting, rooftiling--the lot (Punch). - lot⇄lot, noun, verb, lotted,lotting,adverb.
- Lot⇄Lot, noun.
a righteous man, the nephew of Abraham, who was allowed to escape from Sodom with his wife before God destroyed it. His wife looked back, and was changed into a pillar of salt (in the Bible, Genesis 19:1-26). - lot⇄noun 1. one of a set of objects, such as bits of paper or wood, used to decide something by chance. The winner or loser is decided by the size of the lot chosen by him from a set held so that they appear to be equal.
2. such a method of deciding. - lot⇄v.i. to cast lots.
- lot⇄v.t. 1. to divide into lots, as land.
2. to assign to someone as his share or portion, or as his lot or destiny.
Ex. Who ... were lotted their shares in a quarrel not theirs (Thomas Hardy).
3. to cast lots for; divide, apportion, or d
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