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lot
(adverb)BrE / lɒt / NAmE / lɑːt /
used with adjectives and adverbs to mean ‘much’
I'm feeling a lot better today.
I eat lots less than I used to.
used with verbs to mean ‘a great amount’
I care a lot about you.
Thanks a lot for your help.
I play tennis quite a lot (= often) in the summer.
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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