noun
a large number or amount
Synonyms
Examples
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
adverb
to a very great degree or extent
Synonyms
a lot
a good deal
a great deal
much
very much
Examples
- I feel a lot better
- we enjoyed ourselves very much
- she was very much interested
- this would help a great deal
noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms
Examples
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
noun
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
Synonyms
Examples
- he bought a lot on the lake
noun
an unofficial association of people or groups
Synonyms
Examples
- the smart set goes there
- they were an angry lot
noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
noun
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
Synonyms
Examples
- the luck of the draw
- they drew lots for it
noun
any collection in its entirety
Synonyms
Examples
- she bought the whole caboodle
noun
(Old Testament) nephew of Abraham
Synonyms
Lot
Examples
- God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
verb
divide into lots, as of land, for example
Synonyms
verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
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Examples
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- dole out some money
- shell out pocket money for the children
- deal a blow to someone
- the machine dispenses soft drinks