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)

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)