Lot
nnoun.quantity(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extentSynset: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
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:plenteouswadheappile
Hypernyms:large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:batchlarge indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:delugefloodhaymowinundationtorrent
Full Hyponyms:floodhaymow
nnoun.locationa parcel of land having fixed boundariesExamples:- he bought a lot on the lake
Derivationally Related Form:lot
Hypernyms:parcel parcel of land piece of ground piece of land tract
Inherited Hypernyms:lottractgeographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:building sitecar parkparkparking areaparking lotvacant lot
Full Hyponyms:parking lotsandlotused-car lotvacant lot
nnoun.groupan unofficial association of people or groupsSynset:band circle set
Examples:- the smart set goes there
- they were an angry lot
Hypernyms:social group
Inherited Hypernyms:setsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Four Hundredcampcar poolcliquecohortcompanyconfederacyconspiracycoteriehorsey sethorsy setingroupinner circlejet setpackparty
Full Hyponyms:bloomsbury groupbohemiacabalcar poolcliquecohortconspiracyfactionfatigue partyfour hundredgalerehard corehard righthorsy setjet setkitchen cabinetlanding partyleftloopmafiamilitary juntaold guardpartyparty to the actionpro-choice factionpro-life factionreligious rightrescue partyrightsearch partysplinter groupstretcher partywar party
nnoun.stateyour overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)Synset:circumstances destiny fate fortune luck portion
Examples:- 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
Hypernyms:condition
Inherited Hypernyms:fortuneconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bad luckfailuregood fortunegood luckill luckluckinessmisfortuneprovidencetough luck
Full Hyponyms:adversityafflictionanguishbank failurebankruptcybig timebitter endblessingcatastropheconcentration campcrop failurecrossdead duckdistressextremityfailurefool's paradisegood fortunegutterhard cheesehealthill-beingliving deathmercymiserymisfortunenadirpay dirtpressureprosperityprovidencestrengthsuccesssufferingthroevictimizationweaknesswellbeing
nnoun.artifactanything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at randomSynset:draw
Examples:- the luck of the draw
- they drew lots for it
Derivationally Related Form:draw
Hypernyms:object physical object
Inherited Hypernyms:drawobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.groupany collection in its entiretySynset:bunch caboodle
Examples:- she bought the whole caboodle
Hypernyms:accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
Inherited Hypernyms:bunchcollectiongroupabstractionentity
nnoun.person(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 destructionTopic:Old Testament
Instance Hypernyms:Hebrew Israelite Jew
Inherited Hypernyms:lotjewpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:lotjewpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.socialdivide into lots, as of land, for exampleDerivationally Related Form:lot
Hypernyms:carve up dissever divide separate split split up
Inherited Hypernyms:lotdividechange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionadminister or bestow, as in small portionsSynset:administer allot deal deal out dish out dispense distribute dole out mete out parcel out shell out
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:allotmentdistributerdistributordispenserdealdispensationdistribution
Hypernyms:give
Inherited Hypernyms:distributegivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:allotapplyassigndealgiveportionreallot
Full Troponyms:administerallocateallowassignawardblesscertificateconferdealgivegraduateinsufflatemisdealmiterrationreallotreapportiontread
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the people the food (apply to: allot) | They --- the food to the people (apply to: allot)