lot
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), 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.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lŏt, IPA(key): /lɒt/
- (General American) enPR: lät, IPA(key): /lɑt/
- (Boston, Western Pennsylvania) IPA(key): /lɔt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒt
NounEdit
lot (plural lots)
- A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- 1877, William Black, Green Pastures and Piccadilly, volume 2, page 4:
- He wrote to her […] he might be detained in London by a lot of business.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients, page 52:
- I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.
- A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
- Synonyms: batch, collection, group, set
- a lot of stationery
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- 1820, James Kent, William Johnson, editor, Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York[1], volume 5:
- The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York
- That which happens without human design or forethought.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book), Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, page 1:
- But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
- Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
- to cast lots
- to draw lots
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 16:33:
- The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:
- If we draw lots, he speeds.
- The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
- 1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:
- He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292, book III:
- […] as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.
- 1977, C-3PO in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
- We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
- A prize in a lottery.
- Synonym: prize
- 1694 November 22 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 12 1694]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842:
- In the lottery […] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40
- Allotment; lottery.
- 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)
- Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
- 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)
- (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
- If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.
- (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:lot
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VerbEdit
lot (third-person singular simple present lots, present participle lotting, simple past and past participle lotted)
- (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
- (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *lā(i)ta, and adjective in *-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to pour”).[1]
NounEdit
lot m (indefinite plural lot, definite singular loti, definite plural lotët)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 231
BalineseEdit
RomanizationEdit
lot
- Romanization of ᬮᭀᬢ᭄
ChineseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
ClassifierEdit
lot
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for large quantity of objects or people.
- 為咗全力催谷最難賣嘅三房,就預留咗成LOT貨俾緻藍天回流客揀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2015, 港股策略王, Issue 23, page 36
- wai4 zo2 cyun4 lik6 ceoi1 guk1 zeoi3 naan4 maai6 ge3 saam1 fong4-2, zau6 jyu6 lau4 zo2 seng4 lot1 fo3 bei2 zi3 laam4 tin1 wui4 lau4 haak3 gaan2. [Jyutping]
- To encourage the sales of three-roomers, which are the most difficult to sell, [they] reserved an entire batch of products (flats) for customers who returned after [the sales of] Hemera.
为咗全力催谷最难卖嘅三房,就预留咗成LOT货俾致蓝天回流客拣。 [Cantonese, simp.]
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch and Old Dutch lot, from Frankish *hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lot n (plural loten, diminutive lootje n)
- destiny, fate, lot
- lottery ticket
- (archaic) lot, allotment (that which has been apportioned to a party)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Negerhollands: loot, lot
- → Caribbean Javanese: lot
- → Indonesian: lot
- → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)
- → Papiamentu: lòt, lot
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French lot, from Old French loz, los, from Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with English lot.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lot m (plural lots)
- share (of inheritance)
- plot (of land)
- batch (of goods for sale)
- lot (at auction)
- prize (in lottery)
- lot, fate
- (slang) babe
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “lot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
VerbEdit
lot
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lot (first-person possessive lotku, second-person possessive lotmu, third-person possessive lotnya)
- lot,
- (manufacturing) a separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
- (colloquial) lottery
- (finance) allotment
DescendantsEdit
- → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)
Further readingEdit
- “lot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
LombardEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- lòtt (Classical Milanese Orthography)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lot m
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
NounEdit
lot m (plural lots)
Northern KurdishEdit
NounEdit
lot ?
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
lot
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“jump”). Compare Czech let and Russian лёт, полёт (ljot, poljót).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lot m inan
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- dolatywać impf, dolecieć pf
- latać impf, polatać pf
- lecieć impf, polecieć pf
- nadlatywać impf, nadlecieć pf
- nalatywać impf, nalecieć pf
- oblatywać impf, oblecieć pf
- odlatywać impf, odlecieć pf
- podlatywać impf, podlecieć pf
- przelatywać impf, przelecieć pf
- przylatywać impf, przylecieć pf
- rozlatywać impf, rozlecieć pf
- ulatywać impf, ulecieć pf
- wlatywać impf, wlecieć pf
- wylatywać impf, wylecieć pf
- wzlatywać impf, wzlecieć pf
- zalatywać impf, zalecieć pf
- zlatywać impf, zlecieć pf
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lot n (plural loturi)
- plot (of land)
- batch (of goods for sale)
- lot (at auction)
- national sports team
- (dated) lottery ticket
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- lot in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the root of loitiméir (“destroyer, botcher”).
NounEdit
TatarEdit
NounEdit
lot
DeclensionEdit
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
NounEdit
lot n (plural lotten, diminutive lotsje)
Further readingEdit
- “lot (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011