Dictionary Entry
lot
lot is a 3-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 4 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
- 2noun
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
- 3noun
The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
- 4noun
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
- 5noun
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
- 6noun
A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so.
- 7noun
A prize in a lottery.
- 8transitive verb
To allot; to sort; to portion.
- 9noun
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"
"they drew lots for it"
Synonyms
- 10noun
any collection in its entirety
"she bought the whole caboodle"
- 11noun
an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"
"they were an angry lot"
- 12noun
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
"he bought a lot on the lake"
- 13noun
(Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
- 14noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
- 15noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
"whatever my fortune may be"
"deserved a better fate"
- 16verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
"administer critical remarks to everyone present"
"dole out some money"
- 17verb
divide into lots, as of land, for example
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