Lot meaning

What does “lot” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“lot” is a noun and verb with 9 meanings. Its most common meaning is: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

lot

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
“a batch of letters”
“a deal of trouble”
Synonymsbatch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap mass
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
“he bought a lot on the lake”
an unofficial association of people or groups
“the smart set goes there”
“they were an angry lot”
Synonymsset circle band
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
“whatever my fortune may be”
“deserved a better fate”
Synonymsfortune destiny fate luck circumstances portion
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
“the luck of the draw”
“they drew lots for it”
Synonymsdraw
any collection in its entirety
“she bought the whole caboodle”
Synonymsbunch caboodle
(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

divide into lots, as of land, for example
administer or bestow, as in small portions
“administer critical remarks to everyone present”
“dole out some money”
Synonymsdistribute administer mete out deal parcel out dispense shell out deal out

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University