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lot
(pronoun)/lɒt/ /lɑːt/
a large number or amount
‘How many do you need?’ ‘A lot.’
Have some more cake. There's lots left.
He has invited nearly a hundred people but a lot aren't able to come.
I have a lot to do today.
She still has an awful lot (= a very large amount) to learn.
Word Origin
Old English hlot (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lot, German Los. The original meaning was ‘by lot’ and (by extension) the sense ‘a portion assigned to someone’; this gave rise to the other noun senses. The pronoun and adverb uses date from the early 19th cent.
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