Definition of A lot

1. Adverb. To a very great degree or extent. "This would help a great deal"

Exact synonyms: A Good Deal, A Great Deal, Lots, Much, Very Much

Definition of A lot

1. Noun. A large amount. ¹

2. Noun. Many things, much. ¹

3. Adverb. (idiomatic) very much; a great deal; to a large extent. ¹

4. Adverb. (idiomatic) often; frequently ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of A Lot

a into g
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
a la
a la carte
a la minute
a la mode
a la mode(p)
a leopard cannot change its spots
a lie has no legs
a life of its own
a little
a little bird told me
a little bit of bread and no cheese
a little from column A, a little from column B
a little from column A and a little from column B
a lot (current term)
a man's home is his castle
a man is known by the company he keeps
a mensa et thoro
a million
a million times
a miss is as good as a mile
a new broom sweeps clean
a nod is as good as a wink
a non domino
a notch above
a number of
a penny saved is a penny earned
a penny saved is a penny gained
a people

Literary usage of A lot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"While It is generally conceded that the title, estate, property, or right which the purchaser of a lot in a pub'ic cemetery or burial ground takes therein ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... as owner of an undivided interest in a lot in Chicago, having sixty feet front on Lumber Street, one hundred and fifty feet on Eighteenth Street, ..."

3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1907)
"3 10 Andw. Gier To a Lot Laping paper 1 11 9 Andw. Gier To a Lot Laping ... 13 Nicholas Revil To a Lot of Books 1 1 Saml. Maclin To a Lot of Books 1 5 Saml. ..."

4. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"A grant by the Spanish government confirmed by the United States, was made of a lot of ground in the city of Mobile, running from a certain boundary ..."

5. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"The properties to be given to a lot of punishment, ... Now to none of those rules can a lot of punishment be conformable, unless, ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"The lots studied were: (1) a lot of 300 Italian drones taken from a laboratory hive, (2) a lot of 300 workers taken from same hive, (3) a lot of 48 Italian ..."

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