[ noun ]
■ anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
e.g.)
・they drew lots for it
→
draw
[ noun ]
■ any collection in its entirety
→
bunch
,
caboodle
[ noun ]
■ an unofficial association of people or groups
e.g.)
・they were an angry lot
→
band
,
circle
,
set
[ noun ]
■ a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
e.g.)
・he bought a lot on the lake
[ noun ]
■ (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
[ noun ]
■ (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
e.g.)
・a lot of money
→
batch
,
deal
,
flock
,
good deal
,
great deal
,
hatful
,
heap
,
mass
,
mess
,
mickle
,
mint
,
mountain
,
muckle
,
passel
,
peck
,
pile
,
plenty
,
pot
,
quite a little
,
raft
,
sight
,
slew
,
spate
,
stack
,
tidy sum
,
wad
[ noun ]
■ your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
e.g.)
・has a happy lot
→
circumstances
,
destiny
,
fate
,
fortune
,
luck
,
portion
[ verb ]
■ administer or bestow, as in small portions
→
administer
,
allot
,
deal
,
deal out
,
dish out
,
dispense
,
distribute
,
dole out
,
mete out
,
parcel out
,
shell out
[ verb ]
■ divide into lots, as of land, for example
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