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Type Words
Synonyms band, circle, set
Type of social group
Has types jet set, company, confederacy, conspiracy, coterie, four hundred, horsy set, horsey set, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp, party, car pool, clique, cohort


they were an angry lot.
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Synonyms draw
Type of object, physical object


they drew lots for it.
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Synonyms batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Type of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
Has types deluge, torrent, inundation, haymow, flood


a lot of money.
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Synonyms bunch, caboodle
Type of collection, aggregation, assemblage, accumulation
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Synonyms circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion
Type of condition
Has types failure, misfortune, tough luck, luckiness, ill luck, good luck, good fortune, bad luck, providence


has a happy lot.
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Synonyms administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out
Type of give
Has types give, reallot, deal, assign, apply, allot, portion
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Type of piece of ground, tract, piece of land, parcel, parcel of land
Has types parking lot, vacant lot, parking area, building site, park, car park


he bought a lot on the lake.
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Type of split up, carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split
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Examples of lot

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I haven't spent a whole lot of time watching tape from the last couple of years.
From the tennessean.com
A lot of them got great deals, something for which the cruise industry is known.
From the stltoday.com
Vick gained a lot of yards with his running ability, but his sack rate was high.
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Six-foot-2 senior Jamie Buehrig is a third year starter with a lot of potential.
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The Mets get beat up for a lot of transgressions around here, and rightfully so.
From the newsday.com
Portis has a lot of wear and tear from years of touches and this is no surprise.
From the newsday.com
Watching Pilate play football this fall has brought a lot of joy for the family.
From the thenewstribune.com
It's just the dedication of doing it when you don't have a lot of interest here.
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Like a lot of girls her age, she loved animals, and wanted to be a veterinarian.
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  • Batch: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "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"
  • Divide into lots, as of land, for example
  • A parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
  • Distribute: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "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"
  • Set: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
  • Fortune: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "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"
  • Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. trading as LOT Polish Airlines, is the flag carrier of Poland, based in Warsaw. LOT was established in 1929, making it currently one of the world's oldest airlines still in operation. ...
  • Lot or Loth is the eponymous king of Lothian in the Arthurian legend. He is best known as the father of Sir Gawain. ...
  • According to the Bible, Lot was the nephew of the patriarch Abraham, or Abram. He was the son of Abraham's brother Haran (Gen. 11:27). Abraham's brother Nahor became Lot's brother in law by marrying Milcah, Lot's sister.