lot
see also: Lot
Etymology
Lot
Pronunciation Etymology 1
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see also: Lot
Etymology
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Cognate with Northern Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, Western Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, nds-de Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
Pronunciation- (RP, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) enPR: lŏt, IPA: /lɒt/
- (America) enPR: lät, IPA: /lɑt/
- (Boston, Western Pennsylvania, SSB) IPA: /lɔt/
lot (plural lots)
- A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- Synonyms: load, mass, pile
- win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
- lots of people think so
- A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
- Synonyms: batch, collection, group, set
- a lot of stationery
- The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
(informal) A number of people taken collectively. - Synonyms: crowd, gang, group
- a sorry lot
- a bad lot
- you lot
- A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- Synonyms: allotment, parcel, plot
- a building lot in a city
- That which happens without human design or forethought.
- Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will. - to cast lots
- to draw lots
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act II, scene iii]:
- If we draw lots, he speeds.
- The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
- O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
- 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC ↗:
- He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC ↗, book III:
- […] as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.
- 1977, C-3PO, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope:
- We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
- A prize in a lottery.
- Synonyms: prize
- 1694 November 22 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 12 1694]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC ↗:
- In the lottery […] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40
- Allotment; lottery.
- 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)
- Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
- 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)
- (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
- If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.
- (historic) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
- See also Thesaurus:lot
- French: groupe, ensemble
- German: Menge, Los, Charge, Haufen, Anzahl
- Italian: gruppo, insieme, quantità
- Portuguese: quantidade
- Spanish: lote
- German: Lot
lot (lots, present participle lotting; simple past and past participle lotted)
- (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
- (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).
Lot
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Hebrew לוֹט.
Proper noun(biblical character) A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Genesis 12:5 ↗:
- And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- A male given name of biblical origin; rare today.
From French Lot.
Proper noun- One of the departments of Occitanie, France, formerly in Midi-Pyrénées (INSEE code 46)
- French: Lot
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