Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A large amount.
- n. Many things, much.
- adv. idiomatic very much; a great deal; to a large extent.
- adv. idiomatic often; frequently
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to a very great degree or extent
Examples
““Are there a lot of stores that supply bugs, Mr. Ragle?””
“In short, which autoantibodies appear when and in what sequence or number varies a lot from patient to patient.”
“Like a lot of the top poker pros, Brunson had been an athlete when he was younger, having earned a full basketball scholarship to Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene.”
“Celebrities getting pregnant in their early 40s is confusing to a lot of women, said Dr. Christine M. Whitworth, the center's co-medical director.”
“The prosecution put out a lot of dots, but they couldn't connect them, says Lawrence Kobilinsky, chairman of the Department of Sciences at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.”
“I spent a lot of time with Stu Ungar and Nolan Dalla the summer before Stuey died.”
““Well, this is sure to mean a lot to him, Dommie,” Ulrika said.”
“The previous year, Hal Fowler, an amateur, had won, besting fifty-three competitors, and that had given a lot of recreational players the idea that they, too, might be able to compete with the pros.”
“Teather said: "To get a child to be school ready, in a lot of people's minds, is about getting them to sit still in rows and hold a pen, and of course that's not what it's about, it's making sure that children are resilient enough to be able to cope at school.”
The Guardian: Parents set to benefit from changes to free childcare
“There are a lot of areas over in West L.A. and the San Fernando Valley that we expect to be impacted due to the closure.”
USA Today: Emergency crews on standby for L.A. 'Carmageddon' weekend
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘a lot’.
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Words I Misspell
There are words suffering from a butcher.
prioprietary, definitely, a lot, bellwether, committed, daiquiri, existence, gauge, guard, guarantee, harass, lightning and 7 more...
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cool words
just for hahas
axiom, axle, masonry, ballistic, infused, vibrancy, twist, twisted, aspect, karmafective, electricity, a lot and 7 more...
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Words I assumed I had not been misspe...
Catching a misspelling is both pleasurable (hooray learning!) and painful (every sentence you now realize you've ever marred with the offending word flashes to mind in one terrible instant).
...separate, exercise, a lot, all right, cemetery, consensus, supersede, playwright, noticeable, perseverance, medieval, gauge and 88 more...
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ab•hor•rent
a lot, ima, y'all, fucker, plump, lawl, FML, MILF, LMAO, LOL, douchebag, sputum and 1 more...
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What do they have in common?
had better, each other, used to, going to, supposed to, a lot, after all
Tweets
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grant_barrett "A lot" should be two words, not one. Mar 24, 2009