lot
lot/lät/
pronoun
a large number or amount; a great deal.
"there are a lot of actors in the cast"
synonyms: a large amount, a fair amount, a good/great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses, many, a great many, a large number, a considerable number, numerous, scores, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, loads, loadsa, heaps, a pile, piles, oodles, stacks, scads, reams, wads, pots, oceans, a mountain, mountains, miles, tons, zillions, gazillions, a shedload, lashings, gobs, a bunch, bazillions, a swag, a shitload, an assload
adverb
a great deal; much.
"he played tennis a lot last year"
synonyms: a great deal, a good deal, to a great extent, much, often, frequently, regularly, many times
noun
- a particular group, collection, or set of people or things."it's just one lot of rich people stealing from another"synonyms: group, set, crowd, circle, clique, bunch, band, gang, crew, mob, pack, company, shower
- an article or set of articles for sale at an auction."nineteen lots failed to sell"synonyms: batch, set, collection, load, group, bundle, bunch, consignment, quantity, assortment, parcel, aggregate
- the making of a decision by random selection, especially by a method involving the choice of one from a number of pieces of folded paper, one of which has a concealed mark."officers were elected rather than selected by lot"
- a person's luck or condition in life, particularly as determined by fate or destiny."plans to improve the lot of the disadvantaged"synonyms: fate, destiny, fortune, doom, situation, circumstances, state, condition, position, plight, predicament
- a plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use."a vacant lot"synonyms: patch of ground, tract of land, allotment, piece of ground, plot, area, tract, acreage, parcel, building lot, plat
verb
divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction.
"the contents have already been lotted up, and the auction takes place on Monday"
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3 days ago · idiom. : a large number or amount of (things, people, etc.) Lots of people feel that way. There was lots of space. We had lots of fun.
idiom. : a large number or amount of (things, people, etc.) A lot of people feel that way. There was a lot of space. Not a lot of people know that.
a large amount or number of people or things: She eats lots of fruit. There were a lot of people there. He does a lot of traveling in his job.
One meaning of lot is "a great quantity of something." For instance, if someone wants to bring enough cupcakes for everyone at the party, he or she might buy ...
a large amount or number of people or things: She eats lots of fruit. See more a lot A1 very much or very often: Your sister looks a lot like you.
adverb · to a considerable extent, degree, or amount; very much. to delay a lot · a great deal of the time or often. to sing madrigals a lot.
A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. A lot of our land is used ...
Lots definition: great numbers or quantities. See examples of LOTS used in a sentence.
When you have lots of something, you have a large amount. When your dad asks how much ice cream you want in your bowl, you can answer, "Lots."
“Lots” is the plural and informal form of a lot. Therefore, when referring to “a large amount of something,” lot's is grammatically incorrect.