lot
A large number or amount of something.
A large quantity or number of people or things.
A small area of land, usually for building a house or other structure.
A piece of land, often for building on or for sale.
All the people or things being talked about.
The whole group, set, or collection of people or things being considered.
The kind of life someone has, especially how good or bad it is.
A person's general situation, condition, or fate in life.
Something sold as one unit at an auction or sale.
An item or group of items offered for sale as a single unit at an auction or sale.
- Base: lot
- Plural: lot, lots
cast lots
1decide by random tokens (literary)
To decide something by picking randomly from marked objects. More formal and old-fashioned than 'draw lots'.
- In ancient times, people cast lots to make decisions.
- They cast lots to determine the leader.
draw lots
1decide randomly by marked items
To choose who will do something by picking from items with different marks, like straws or slips of paper.
- We drew lots to see who would go first.
- They drew lots to decide who would get the last ticket.
lots of
1many or much (informal)
Many people or things, or much of something. Informal form of 'a lot of'.
- There were lots of people at the party.
- He has lots of homework tonight.
a lot of
1Large amount or number of something
Many or much of something.
- There are a lot of people here today.
- We have a lot of work to do today.
- She has a lot of homework to do.
- She drinks a lot of tea every morning.
parking lot
1area for parking vehicles outdoors
An area where cars can be parked outside.
- The parking lot was full when we arrived.
- The parking lot was full by noon.
- They built a new parking lot next to the store.
- We met in the parking lot after the concert.