lot

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Entry Word: lot

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a small piece of land that is developed or available for development <we often played in the vacant lot down at the end of the street>

Synonyms parcel, plat, plot, property, tract

Related Words patch; frontage; lease; development; real estate

2 a considerable amount <they needed to do a lot of studying for the test>

Synonyms abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, gobs, heap, loads, mass, mountain, much, oodles, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

Related Words embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; deluge, flood, overflow

Near Antonyms atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whit; scattering, smattering; drop, morsel, shot; piece, portion, section; absence, dearth, lack, paucity, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, want; deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness, skimpiness

Antonyms ace, bit, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, ounce, peanuts, pinch, scruple, smidgen, speck, spot, sprinkling, suspicion, taste, touch, trace

3 a small area of usually open land <we set up a picnic in the lot by the stream> — see field 1
4 a number of things considered as a unit <the auctioneer next introduced a lot containing several pieces of fine china> — see group 1
5 a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand <will it always be my lot to be picked last in gym class?> — see fate 1
6 a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially <you should stop hanging out with that lot, or youʼll end up in trouble> — see gang 2
7 a usually small number of persons considered as a unit <the school is indeed fortunate in its science teachers, because thereʼs not a bad one in the lot> — see group 2

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