See Also: jog 2, noun(dictionary)
sip 2, noun(dictionary)
tow 2, noun(dictionary)
jab 2, noun(dictionary)
pal 1, noun(dictionary)
sit-down 2, noun(dictionary)
tot 1, noun(dictionary)
pan 1, noun(dictionary)
top 1, noun(dictionary)
bop 2, noun(dictionary)

journalist (oh) and lot 2, noun (oh)


journalist (oh)



someone who writes news reports for newspapers, magazines, Television, or Radio
-see also reporter reporter
::a well-known journalist and broadcaster
-- journalistic /7dV:nEl5IstIk ?@ -:r-/ adj [only before noun]
::journalistic skills

lot 2, noun (oh)



2 n
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1 ?group of people/things?
2 the lot
3 ?somebody's situation?
4 ?land?
5 ?Film?
6 ?thing to be sold?
7 ?choosing?
8 throw in/cast your lot with somebody/something
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[Language: Old English; Origin: hlot 'object used for making a choice by chance']
?GROUP OF PEOPLE/THINGS?
[C] a group of people or things considered together
::Could you help me carry this lot upstairs?
lot of
::The last lot of people offered ¡ê70,000.
::I did three lots of exams last summer.
::Come on, you lot, hurry up!
::His friends are a strange lot.
the lot
especially BrE the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc
::We'll do everything - Cooking, washing, ironing - the lot.
::I can't believe you ate the whole lot .
::I think that's the lot (=everything is included) .
the lot of you/them/us
(=all of you, them, or us)
::Shut up, the lot of you!
?SOMEBODY'S SITUATION?
[singular] your lot is your work, duties, social position etc, especially when they could be better
::She seems happy enough with her lot.
::The unions have always tried to improve the lot of their members.
?LAND?
[C] especially AmE an area of land used for building on or for another purpose
::the vacant lot (=empty land) behind the Commercial Hotel
::a used-car lot
-see also parking lot
?Film?
[C] a building and the land surrounding it where films are made
-synonym studio studio
::the Universal Studios lot
?THING TO BE SOLD?
[C] something, or a group of things, that is sold at an auction
::Lot 54 is a Victorian lamp.
?CHOOSING?
a) by lot
if someone is chosen by lot, several people each take a piece of paper or an object from a container, and the person who is chosen is the one who gets a particular marked paper or object
::In Athens at that time, judges were chosen by lot .
b) draw/cast lots
to choose something or someone by lot
::We drew lots to decide who should go first.
throw in/cast your lot with sb/sth
to join or support someone or something, and accept that what happens to them will affect what happens to you
::In 1915 Italy threw in her lot with the allies.
-see also bad lot at bad 1 (21)
-see also a job lot at job (17)