a large number or amount; a great deal:there are a lot of actors in the castthey took a lot of abusea lot can happen in eight monthswe had lots of fun
(the lot or the whole lot) the whole number or quantity that is involved or implied:you might as well take the whole lot
ზმნისართი
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a great deal; much:he played tennis a lot last yearthanks a lot
არსებითი სახელი
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1 [treated as singular or plural] informal a particular group or set of people or things:it’s just one lot of rich people stealing from anotherhe will need a second lot of tills to handle the second currency
[with adjective] chiefly British a group of a specified kind (used in a derogatory or dismissive way):an inefficient lot, our Council
2an item or set of items for sale at an auction:nineteen lots failed to sell
3 [mass noun] the making of a decision by random selection, especially by a method involving the choice of one from a number of pieces of folded paper, one of which has a concealed mark:officers were elected rather than selected by lot
[in singular] the choice resulting from deciding something by lot:eventually the lot fell on the King’s daughter
4 [in singular] a person’s luck, situation, or destiny in life:schemes to improve the lot of the disadvantaged
5chiefly North American a plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use:a vacant lot