| NOUN | quantity | lot, 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 | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
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| location | lot | a parcel of land having fixed boundaries | |
| group | lot, set, circle, band | an unofficial association of people or groups | |
| state | lot, fortune, destiny, fate, luck, circumstances, portion | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens / happens to you) | |
| artifact | lot, draw | anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random | |
| group | lot, bunch, caboodle | any collection in its entirety | |
| person | Lot | (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham | |
| VERB | social | lot | divide into lots, as of land, for example |
| possession | lot, distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
| Sounds | laa't; lao't | |
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| Rhymes | aforethought ... yacht: 79 rhymes with aat... | |
| afterthought ... wrought: 19 rhymes with aot... | ||
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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| Example | "a lot of money" | |
| Synonyms | 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 | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Meaning | A parcel of land having fixed boundaries. | |
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| Example | "he bought a lot on the lake" | |
| Narrower | parking lot, car park, park, parking area | A lot where cars are parked |
| vacant lot, building site | A lot on which there are no permanent buildings | |
| Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
| Spanish | parcela, solar | |
| Catalan | lot, solar | |
| Verbs | lot | divide into lots, as of land, for example |
| Meaning | An unofficial association of people or groups. | |
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| Example | "they were an angry lot" | |
| Synonyms | set, circle, band | |
| Narrower | Four Hundred | The exclusive social set of a city |
| car pool | A small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers | |
| clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp | An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | |
| cohort | A band of warriors (originally / originally a unit of a Roman Legion) | |
| conspiracy, confederacy | A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose | |
| horsy set, horsey set | A set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing | |
| jet set | A set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure | |
| party, company | A band of people associated temporarily in some activity | |
| Broader | social group | People sharing some social relation |
| Spanish | círculo, conjunto, grupo | |
| Catalan | cercle, colla, grup, penya | |
| Meaning | Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens / happens to you). | |
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| Example | "has a happy lot" | |
| Synonyms | fortune, destiny, fate, luck, circumstances, portion | |
| Narrower | failure | lack of success |
| good fortune, luckiness, good luck | An auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes | |
| misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck | An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | |
| providence | A manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures / creatures | |
| Broader | condition | A mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing |
| Spanish | circunstancias, destino, fortuna, sino, suerte, ventura | |
| Catalan | circumstàncies, destí, fat, fortuna, sort, ventura | |
| Meaning | Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random. | |
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| Example | "they drew lots for it" | |
| Synonym | draw | |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
| Spanish | suerte | |
| Catalan | sort | |
| Meaning | Any collection in its entirety. | |
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| Synonyms | bunch, caboodle | |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Spanish | conjunto, cuadrilla, montón, totalidad | |
| Catalan | totalitat | |
| Meaning | (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. | |
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| Category | Old Testament | The collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people |
| Instance of | Jew, Hebrew, Israelite | A person belonging to the worldwide / worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural / cultural or religious ties |
| Spanish | Lot | |
| Catalan | Lot | |
| Meaning | divide into lots, as of land, for example. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up | separate into parts or portions |
| Nouns | lot | a parcel of land having fixed boundaries |
| Meaning | Administer or bestow, as in small portions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out | |
| Narrower | assign, allot, portion | Give out |
| deal | Distribute cards to the players in a game / game / game | |
| give, apply | Give or convey physically | |
| reallot | allot again | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Spanish | adjudicar, asignar, conceder, destinar, dispensar, distribuir, repartir | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, assignar, concedir, destinar, dispensar, distribuir, repartir | |
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