lot
noun (LARGE AMOUNT) /lɒt/
/lɑːt/ Definition
a lot (of) informal A1 lots (of) a large amount or number of people or things: She eats lots of fruit. There were a lot of people there. He does a lot of travelling in his job. I've got a lot to do today. He earns lots of money. There's lots of food.Masses and large amounts of things a lot A1 very much or very often: Your sister looks a lot like you. I'm feeling a lot better today. He looks a lot older than his wife. We used to go there a lot.Large in number or quantityFrequency and regularity - general words have a lot to answer for › to be the main cause of a problem or an unpleasant situation: People who sell drugs to kids have a lot to answer for.Causing things to happen the lot UK informal › everything: I made enough curry for three people and he ate the lot. Have I got everything? Is that the lot? I'll sell you the whole lot for only £50. I'm sick of the lot of them.Something, anything, nothing, and everything
(Definition of lot noun (LARGE AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a (whole) heap of sth idiom
- a hundred/thousand/million and one idiom
- above adverb, preposition (MORE)
- and then some idiom
- another determiner, pronoun (ADDITIONAL)
- any amount of idiom
- full-on adjective (VERY GREAT)
- half noun, pronoun, predeterminer, adjective, adverb
- huge adjective
- in buckets idiom
- in spades idiom
- incalculable adjective
- million number
- much determiner
- some determiner (LARGE AMOUNT)
- thick on the ground idiom
- thing noun (IDEA/EVENT)
- tremendous adjective
- untold adjective
- upward(s) of preposition
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