LOT
\lˈɒt], \lˈɒt], \l_ˈɒ_t]\
Definitions of LOT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
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any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
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a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
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(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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divide into lots, as of land, for example
By Princeton University
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administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
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any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
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a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
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(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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divide into lots, as of land, for example
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
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The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
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A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so.
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A prize in a lottery.
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To allot; to sort; to portion.
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A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; - colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
By Oddity Software
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That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
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The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
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A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so.
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A prize in a lottery.
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To allot; to sort; to portion.
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A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; - colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
By Noah Webster.
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Fortune; fate; as, the lot of man; portion or parcel, especially a plot of land; a share; method of deciding questions by drawing numbers, blocks, dice, etc.; as, to choose by; lot; one of the objects so drawn; colloquially, a great quantity.
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To separate into lots; assign.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One's fate in the future: that which falls to any one as his fortune: that which decides by chance: a separate portion.
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To allot: to separate into lots: to catalogue:-pr.p. lotting; pa.p. lotted.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To divide or draw by lot; allot; apportion.
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Something to be taken by chance as a means of decision; chance; fortune; share.
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A parcel of land.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident: hazard; fortune;— a contrivance to determine a question by chance the part or fate which falls to one by chance, a distinct parcel; a separate part;— a proportion or share of taxes;— an assemblage or set of men;— a large number or quantity; abundance.
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- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.