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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lot

/lɔt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.61 in modern English

Syllables
lot
IPA
/lɔt/
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large quantity or number; a great deal.

noun

A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.

noun

One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

noun

A number of people taken collectively.

Informal

noun

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

noun

That which happens without human design or forethought.

noun

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

noun

The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: lot, hlot, *hlut, *hlutą, לוֹט

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /lɔt/
  • British English: /lɒt/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

lots (plural) lots (present, singular) lotting (participle, present) lotted (participle, past) lotted (past) Lut (alternative)

Derived Forms

backlot carlot cowlot feedlot helluvalot interlot lotful lotholder lotless lottery microlot multilot

Phrases

across lots all over the lot a lot a lot of bit bad lot board lot car lot cast in one's lot with

Frequently Paired Words

a damn sight manifold

Synonyms

load mass pile batch collection group set crowd gang allotment parcel plot

Antonyms

modicum

Rhymes With

not got shot hot bought caught spot scott forgot plot pot slot

Questions

How do you pronounce lot?
The recorded pronunciation is /lɔt/.
What does lot mean?
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Where does lot come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce lot

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