- the lot, the whole lot[singular + singular or plural verb] (informal) the whole number or amount of people or things
- He's bought a new laptop, microphone, printer—the lot.
- She bought the whole lot.
- Get out of my house, the lot of you!
- That's the lot! (= that includes everything)
- That's your lot! (= that's all you're getting)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- whole
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- [countable + singular or plural verb] (especially British English) a group or set of people or things
- The first lot of visitors has/have arrived.
- I have several lots of essays to mark this weekend.
- (informal) What do you lot want?
- Shall I put this lot with the others?
- [countable] an item or a number of items to be sold, especially at an auction
- Lot 46: six chairs
- [countable] an area of land used for a particular purpose
- a vacant lot (= one available to be built on or used for something)
- (especially North American English) We're going to build a house on this lot.
Synonyms landlandlot ▪ ground ▪ space ▪ plotThese words all mean an area of land that is used for a particular purpose.land an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose:- agricultural land
- building lots
- a parking lot
- The kids were playing on waste ground near the school.
- the site of an ancient burial ground
- The city has plenty of open space.
- the wide open spaces of the Canadian prairies
- She bought a small plot of land to build a house.
- a vegetable plot
- an open space
- open/empty/vacant/waste/derelict land/ground
- a/an empty/vacant lot/plot
Extra Examples- Our house is built on a lot that's somewhat below street level.
- abandoned lots converted into baseball fields
- the market for homes on smaller lots
- Building lots will cost between $100 000 and $500 000.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- vacant
- abandoned
- …
- build on
- [singular] a person’s luck or situation in life synonym destiny
- She was feeling dissatisfied with her lot.
whole amount/number
group/set
items to be sold
area of land
luck/situation
Word OriginOld English hlot (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lot, German Los. The original meaning was ‘by lot’ and (by extension) the sense ‘a portion assigned to someone’; this gave rise to the other noun senses. The pronoun and adverb uses date from the early 19th cent.
Idioms
See lot in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee lot in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishall over the lot (North American English)
(British English all over the place)
(also British English, informal all over the shop)
- everywhere
- New restaurants are appearing all over the lot.
- not neat or tidy; not well organized
- Your calculations are all over the lot (= completely wrong).
a bad lot
- (British English, old-fashioned) a person who is dishonest
the best of a bad bunch/lot
- (especially British English, informal) a person or thing that is a little better than the rest of a group, although none are very good
by lot
- using a method of choosing somebody to do something in which each person takes a piece of paper, etc. from a container and the one whose paper has a special mark is chosen
draw/cast lots (for something/to do something)
- to use a method of choosing somebody/something that involves putting a number folded pieces of paper in a bag, one of them with a mark on it. People then take it in turns to take a piece of paper from the bag and the one who takes the paper with the mark on it is chosen.
- They drew lots for the right to go first.
fall to somebody’s lot (to do something)
- (formal) to become somebody’s task or responsibility
- It fell to her lot to organize the Christmas party.
throw in your lot with somebody
- to decide to join somebody and share their successes and problems
- He threw in his lot with the pirates.
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