lot

A1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /lɑt/ UK /lɒt/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like rot /l/ vs /r/

Freq #193

Meanings

1

noun
A large amount or number of something.

There were a lot of people at the concert.
2

noun
A group of people or things considered together.

The new students seem like a friendly lot.
3

noun
A piece of land with fixed boundaries.

They bought a lot by the lake to build a house.
4

noun
A group of items sold together at an auction.

The next lot up for sale is a set of antique chairs.

Word forms

The same word in different grammatical forms.

Noun

Singular: lot
The council sold one empty lot.
Plural: lots
The council sold three empty lots.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a large amount or number of... load mass pile

2 noun · a group of people or things... crowd group batch set

3 noun · a piece of land with fixed... allotment parcel plot

More abundancearseloadassloadbellyloadboatload brimful bucketfulbucketloadbumloadbusloadbutt-tonbuttload

Opposites

modicum

Word family

Derived forms backlotcarlotcowlotfeedlothelluvalotinterlotlotfullotholderlotlesslotterymicrolotmultilot

Related forms manifold

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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vacant lot
a plot of land without permanent buildings on it

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (5)

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Etymology

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.

lot Middle English hlot Old English *hlut Proto-West Germanic *hlutą Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Numbers & Quantity

External links

# lot

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /lɑt/
**IPA (UK):** /lɒt/
**Frequency rank:** 193

## Meanings
1. A large amount or number of something.
2. A group of people or things considered together.
3. A piece of land with fixed boundaries.
4. A group of items sold together at an auction.

## Examples
- There were a lot of people at the concert.
- The new students seem like a friendly lot.
- They bought a lot by the lake to build a house.
- The next lot up for sale is a set of antique chairs.

## Synonyms
- abundance
- arseload
- assload
- bellyload
- boatload
- brimful
- bucketful
- bucketload
- bumload
- busload
- butt-ton
- buttload

## Antonyms
- modicum

## Derived Forms
- backlot
- carlot
- cowlot
- feedlot
- helluvalot
- interlot
- lotful
- lotholder
- lotless
- lottery
- microlot
- multilot

## Related Forms
- manifold

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lot
- Root: hlot
- Root: *hlut
- Root: *hlutą

## Etymology
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.

## AI Etymology
Lot comes from Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. In present-day English its meanings include a large amount or number of something, a group of people or things considered together, and a piece of land with fixed boundaries. The historical chain runs through lot (Middle English), hlot (Old English), *hlut (Proto-West Germanic), and *hlutą (Proto-Germanic). Related and derived forms include manifold, backlot, carlot, and cowlot.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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