lot
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a batch of letters
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
- deluge hyponym
- haymow hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
divide into lots, as of land, for example
Types & categories
- split hypernym
Related & opposite
- lot derivation
Sense 3 noun
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
he bought a lot on the lake
Types & categories
- tract hypernym
- parking lot hyponym
- vacant lot hyponym
Related & opposite
- lot derivation
Sense 4 verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
administer critical remarks to everyone present
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- distribution derivation
- dispensation derivation
- apportionment derivation
- deal derivation
- dispenser derivation
- electrical distributor derivation
- allocator derivation
- dispenser derivation
- dispensation derivation
Sense 5 noun
an unofficial association of people or groups
the smart set goes there
Types & categories
- social group hypernym
- car pool hyponym
- clique hyponym
- cohort hyponym
- conspiracy hyponym
- Four Hundred hyponym
- horsy set hyponym
- jet set hyponym
- party hyponym
Sense 6 noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
whatever my fortune may be
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- good luck hyponym
- providence hyponym
- bad luck hyponym
- failure hyponym
Sense 7 noun
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
the luck of the draw
Types & categories
- object hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
any collection in its entirety
she bought the whole caboodle
Types & categories
- collection hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cram |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jam |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plenteous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deluge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | haymow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | split |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lot |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tract |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | parking lot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vacant lot |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | distribution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | apportionment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispenser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | electrical distributor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispenser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispensation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | portion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reallot |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deal |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | apply |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | social group |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | car pool |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | clique |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cohort |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | conspiracy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Four Hundred |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | horsy set |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jet set |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | party |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | good luck |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | providence |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bad luck |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | failure |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | draw |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | cast |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | collection |