A Lot

Definition: A Lot

A Lot

Adverb

1. To a very great degree or extent; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: A Lot

Gratitude

Interjection: thanks! many thanks! gramercy! much obliged! thank you! thank you very much! thanks a lot! thanks a heap, thanks loads; thank Heaven! Heaven be praised! Gott sei Dank!.

Crosswords: A Lot

Mr. Shepherd's read a lot of books, but you didn't need a Harvard degree to see this comin' a mile down the road. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

There happens to be a lot about me that you don't know, Mr. Smarty Man. There's plenty of joy in my life. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

We didn't used to have to talk a lot, did we Daddy? (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

She's been a lot better to me than any woman I ever knew. (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

He's got a lot of charm. (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur)

And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge ("Ode to Billy Joe"; performing artist: Bobbie Gentry)

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis ("Proud Mary"; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

And she's seen a lot of tears ("She Works Hard for the Money"; performing artist: Donna Summer)

I got a lot to do, he said, That's ok ("The Cat's in the Cradle"; performing artist: Harry Chapin)

There's such a lot of world to see ("Moon River"; performing artist: Henry Mancini)

You can observe a lot just by watching. (references; author: Yogi Berra)

Active Socially: Drinks a lot. (references; author: unknown)

Keen Sense Of Humor: Knows a lot of dirty jokes. (references; author: unknown)

Better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot. (references; author: unknown)

Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say, 2) Not saying it. (references; author: unknown)

You Can Do a Lot with Seven Women (1971)

Boobs a Lot (1970)

A Lot of Bull (1963)

Own a Lot (1924)

A Lot of Bull (1922)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Lot of Otters (Picture Puffins) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Faith No More: Who Cares a Lot - Greatest Videos (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Still a lot of tents but more and more trailers The camp at Benjamin Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Rev. Morrison and Ann Christie (right), NRCS, District Conservationist discuss Morrisons potato crop. A large part of the NRCS mission area is marketing and sales and a visit and a handshake can do a lot to gain a landowners trust.Credit: USDA.

A lot of smack-heads have the came supplier. : Their mum.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

There are a lot of things worth protecting. One of them is your life. Use condoms every time!.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

You can spend a lot of yourtime in litigation.

So after a hectic week of believing that war was peace, that good was bad, that the moon was made of blue cheese, and that God needed a lot of money sent to a certain box number, the Monk started to believe that thirty-five percent of all tables were hermaphrodites, and then broke down.

Dante knew a lot of things.

I wish he got a lot of hominy in his pocket.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Drink a lot of fluids. (references)

People who fast or lose a lot of weight quickly. (references)

The word "autism" has been in the news a lot lately. (references)

Business

The Greek car buyer has been through a lot of hardships. (references)

At the same time a lot of Western wheelchairs appeared in the market. (references)

Generally, new to market name brands need a lot of investment in advertising. (references)

Economic History

Norway

The Norwegian health care system spends a lot of money. (references)

Kazakhstan

Spending a little money on due diligence early on could save a lot of money later. (references)

Tanzania

While this has greatly improved the situation, there still remains a lot to be done. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

At the inception of this democratic government in May 1999, the parallel official rate of Naira 22 to $1 was abolished to avoid official abuse of securing dollar from the government and selling same to Banks at the Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (AFEM) rate of about Naira100 to $1. The government also settled a lot of the local debts thus resulting to excess liquid cash in the economy and consequently the free fall of the Naira in the AFEM. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "a lot": a lot more ♦ a lot of ♦ a lot of bags ♦ a lot of fuss about ♦ a lot of fuss about nothing ♦ a lot of money ♦ a lot of people ♦ a whale of a lot ♦ after a lot of umming and erring ♦ aged a lot ♦ child who cry a lot ♦ count for a lot ♦ cover a lot of ground ♦ do a lot of entertaining ♦ drink a lot ♦ fuss a lot ♦ have a hell of a lot of trouble ♦ have a lot in common ♦ have a lot of faith ♦ have a lot on the ball ♦ have the hell of a lot of trouble ♦ know a lot ♦ make a lot of dust ♦ make a lot of money ♦ make a lot of smb. ♦ need a lot of pressing ♦ put a lot of faith ♦ put in a lot of work ♦ put on a lot of weight ♦ quite a lot ♦ quite a lot of ♦ rather a lot ♦ read a lot ♦ read a lot of ♦ read a lot of smth. ♦ see a lot ♦ see a lot of ♦ spend a lot ♦ spend a lot of money ♦ such a lot ♦ take a lot of punishment ♦ take a lot out of ♦ talk a lot of trash ♦ think a lot of ♦ think a lot of oneself ♦ what a lot ♦ what a lot there was to be seen! ♦ with a lot of fringe. Additional references.

Afrikaan

baie (a lot of, many, much, plenty, plenty of, quite, very, very much). (various references)

Albanian

thekë-thekë (frazzle, with a lot of fringe), takohem rallë (see a lot of), lexoj shumë (read a lot of), goxha (good, lovely, nice, pretty, quite a lot, rather, well), e ka provë (see a lot). (various references)

Bulgarian 

охарчвам се (go to expense, spend a lot of money), изминавам голямо разстояние (cover a lot of ground), дрънкам врели-некипели (talk a lot of trash). (various references)

Chinese 

許多 (a lot of, many, much), 好些 (a good deal of, quite a lot), 多 (a lot of, many, much, multi-, numerous). (various references)

Czech

vidìt hodnì èeho (see a lot of), přibrat (bring into play, put on a lot of weight, put on weight, take up), nemít se spoleèného (have a lot in common), mít hodnì trápení (have the hell of a lot of trouble), mít èasto hosty (do a lot of entertaining), hodnì znamenat (count for a lot), hodnì zestárla (aged a lot), hezká řádka (quite a lot), být hroznì zakomlexovaný (have a lot of hang-ups), èíst hodnì (read a lot). (various references)

Danish

der er et betydeligt antal dele,som nemt gaar i stykker paa en Duplex pumpe,og det er meget tidkraevende at udskifte dem(pakdaaser,stempler,taetninger,beholdere) (and it takes a lot of time to replace them, cylinder liners), joints, pistons, the Duplex pump has many parts subject to wear(stuffing box). (various references)

Dutch

het aantal licht breekbare onderdelen van een Duplexpomp is groot;het vervangen van deze onderdelen(pakkingbus,zuigers,koppelingen,voeringen)vergt veel tijd (and it takes a lot of time to replace them, cylinder liners), joints, pistons, the Duplex pump has many parts subject to wear(stuffing box). (various references)

Faeroese

nógvur (a lot of, much), mangur (a lot of, much). (various references)

Finnish

aika tavalla (a great deal), aika paljon (a good deal, quite a lot). (various references)

French

beaucoup (a great deal, a great many, a lot of). (various references)

German

sehr (greatly, highly, keenly, much, quite, right, screamingly, so, sorely, unco, very, very much). (various references)

Greek 

πολλέσ, πολλά (loads of, lots, plenty), πολλοί (hoi polloi, lots, many, many a, plenty). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"רב�" (a great deal, a great many, a lot of, lots of, many, much, plenty). (various references)

Hungarian

tehetséges (able, apt, gifted, have a lot on the ball, have fire in one's belly, talented), sok (a good deal, a great deal, a great many, a lot of, a number of, excess, lot, lots of, many, much, much/many, muckle, multi, numerous, oodles, power, respectable, scores, several, to thumb), hozzáértő (adept, businesslike, capable, competent, cunning, dab, have a lot on the ball, judicious), hatékony (active, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, have a lot on the ball, wholesome), elég sokat (quite a lot), elég sok (quite a few, quite a lot, respectable), egy kicsit sok (rather a lot). (various references)

Indonesian

banyak (excessively, have a lot of, in great quantities, many, much, multitude, numerous, plenty). (various references)

Italian

tanto (a lot of, as, as many, as much, insomuch, just, long, many, much, so, so great, so much, such, such a lot, that, that much, too, very), sacco (a great deal, bag, budget, bunt, crop, pack, punching bag, sac, sack, sackful, sackfuls). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

沢山 (many, much). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たくさ�" (many, much), すうた (many, much, multitude), ずっと (consecutively, throughout), ひとくるめ (a bunch, a bundle), いっかく (a narwhal, apparently, corner, enclosure, one block, one grab, point, section), いっく (a district, a phrase, a ward, one haiku-poem), れ�"じゅう (colleagues, company), れ�"ちゅう (colleagues, company), あまた (many, much, multitude), � いぶ�" (considerably, greatly), � いぶ (a good deal, considerably, fairly, greater, greatly, most, much). (various references)

Malay

banyak (a lot of, many, much, plenty of). (various references)

Manx

mooarane (great deal, many, more numerous, much, multitude), lansh (a great deal, a large quantity, large number), lab (large number). (various references)

Norwegian

mye (much). (various references)

Papiamen

muchu (a lot of, much, too, too much), hopi (a lot of, much, plenty of, quite, very, very much). (various references)

Pig Latin

aay otlay.(various references)

Polish

dużo. (various references)

Portuguese

muito (a good deal, a great deal of, a lot of, awfully, deadly, Excel, greatly, highly, jolly, mighty, much, passing, plaice, plenty, precious, quite, rare, ripping, sight, so, too, too much, very, very much), ironia (banter, dig, irony, jerk, satire). (various references)

Romanian

spune prostii (drivel, talk a lot of trash, talk nonsense, talk trash), o mulţime de (a lot of, a sight, lots of, many), multã (a lot of, much), ce nu vedeai acolo (what a lot there was to be seen). (various references)

Russian 

много (a good deal, a great deal of, a great number of, a large number of, a lot of, a whole lot, good deal, good deal of, great deal, lot, many, much, plenty, plenty of). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

videti mnogo (see a lot), puno čitati (read a lot of), puno (full time, lot: a lot, lot: a lot of, many), nagledati se (see a lot of), mnogo se ugojiti (put on a lot of weight), mnogo (deal: a good deal, deal: a great deal, deal: a great deal of, great, lot, lot: a lot of, lots of, many, much, multi, plenty, plenty of, quite a few, vastly, very), imati puno neprilika (have a hell of a lot of trouble), hvala mnogo (thanks a lot, thanks much). (various references)

Spanish

mucho (a fat lot, a good deal, a great deal, a lot of, all the, badly, bags of, far, far and away, greatly, hard, heaps of, heavily, lot, lots of, much, not a few, oft, often, plenty of, sharply, significant, sorely, thick, very), la mar. (various references)

Swahili

-ingi (a lot of, much), ingi (a lot of, much). (various references)

Swedish

mycket (a lot of, far, greatly, heaps, jolly, loads, lot, major, mighty, most, much, not half, overmuch, quite, so, very, very much). (various references)

Thai

ต้องมีความกล้า (take a lot of nerve), หยาบคายมาก (take a lot of nerve). (various references)

Turkish

çok (a great number of, a whale of, a whale of a lot, abounding, abundant, acres and acres, affluent, ample, awfully, badly, big, bloody, countless, damned, darned, dead, deadly, deeply, enormously, ever so, exuberant, fair, fantastically, galore, good, greatly, heaps of, heartily, hearty, heavily, heavy, hell, hell of, helluva, highly, innumerable, jolly, largely, lavish, like hell, loads of, lot, lots of, many, molto, more, much, multi-, multitudinous, numerous, over, piping, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plenty of, poly-, precious, pretty, prodigal, profuse, rank, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, so, some, sorely, spanking, strongly, such, thundering, tidy, too, umpteen, umpteenth, umptieth, vast, vastly, very, well, whaling, whopping). (various references)

Turkmen 

sansyz-sanjak- syz, san-sajak, kцp (many, much), kдn (much), g, enзeme (many). (various references)

Ukranian 

багато (a lot of, abundantly, considerably, deep, galore, lots of, many, much, no end of, not a few, opulently, prodigally, richly). (various references)

Welsh

o lawer (by a lot, much). (various references)

multus plus plurimum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"A Lot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alot, elot. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alto, lota, tola.

-1 letter: alt, lat, lot, oat, tao.

-2 letters: al, at, la, lo, ta, to.

+1 letter: allot, aloft, altho, altos, atoll, bloat, dotal, float, flota, gloat, loath, lotah, lotas, lovat, notal, octal, talon, tolan, tolar, tolas, tonal, total, volta.

+2 letters: abvolt, afloat, aliyot, allots, almost, amatol, aortal, atolls, atonal, ballot, bloats, boatel, catalo, chalot, citola, cobalt, coital, costal, dalton, etalon, floats, floaty, flotas, foetal, folate, fontal, galiot, galoot, gelato, gloats, hallot, harlot, laptop, latigo, latino, layout, legato, loathe, lobate, locate, loquat, lotahs, lovats, maloti, maltol, mortal, oblast, oblate, oleate, osteal, otalgy, outlaw, outlay, oxtail, patrol, pelota, portal, postal, rialto, santol, skatol, smalto, solate, stomal, tailor, talion, tallol, tallow, talons, tapalo, tolane, tolans, tolars, tombal, torula, totals, volant, zealot.

+3 letters: abvolts, acolyte, alastor, alation, aliquot, aliyoth, aloetic, althorn, altoist, amatols, anethol, anolyte, antilog, antlion, apostil, apostle, awlwort, axolotl, bailout, ballots, batfowl, bloated, bloater, boatels, boatful, bobtail, borstal, butanol, calotte, caltrop, capitol, catalog, catalos, cattalo, challot, chaloth, cholate, citolas, coalpit, coastal, cobalts, collate, coolant, cotidal, daltons, delator, dilator, elation, etalons, ethanol, fallout, flattop, floated, floatel, floater, flokati, flotage, flotsam, flyboat, folates, foliate, foxtail, frontal, galiots, galipot, galliot, galloot, galoots, gelatos, gloated, gloater, globate, glottal, halloth, haplont, harlots, hayloft, isolate, keitloa, lactone, lactose, laptops, latigos, latinos, latosol, layouts, legator, legatos, leotard, levator, litoral, loathed, loather, loathes, loathly, lobated, located, locater, locates, locator, locusta, loggats, lomenta, loquats, loyalty, maillot, maltols, maltose, marplot, matelot, mortals, mulatto, naphtol, notable, notably, oatlike, oatmeal, oblasti, oblasts, oblates, octanol, octaval, oleates, omental, optical, optimal, oralist, orality, orbital, ortolan, otalgia, otalgic, outbawl, outfall, outhaul, outlaid, outlain, outland, outlast, outlaws, outlays, outleap, outplan, outplay, outsail, outtalk, outwalk, ovality, ovately, ovulate, oxalate, oxtails, oxysalt, paletot, patrols, pelotas, pivotal, platoon, polecat, polenta, portals, postals, potable, potlach, prolate, rathole, reallot, realtor, refloat, relator, rialtos, rostral, royalty, saltbox, sandlot, santols, scrotal, shallot, skatole, skatols, smaltos, solated, solates, solatia, solvate, somital, stoical, stromal, tabloid, tabouli, tadpole, tailors, talcose, talcous, talions, talipot, tallboy, tallols, tallows, tallowy, tallyho, taloned, talooka, tangelo, tapalos, taphole, teabowl, telamon, thiazol, toenail, tolanes, tollage, tollbar, tollman, tollway, toluate, tombola, tonally, topical, topsail, torulae, torulas, totable, totaled, totally, toxical, trochal, troland, tumoral, violate, volante, voltage, voltaic, volvate, votable, walkout, woolhat, zealots.

+4 letters: ablation, ablution, absolute, abutilon, acetoxyl, acolytes, acrolect, acrolith, adroitly, adulator, aerolite, aerolith, alastors, alations, aleatory, aliquots, allocate, allopath, allotted, allottee, allotter, allotype, allotypy, althorns, although, altoists, alumroot, amitrole, anethole, anethols, anolytes, antelope, anticold, antilock, antilogs, antilogy, antipole, antiroll, antlions, anviltop, apholate, apostils, apostles, areolate, atomical, atonable, atonally, autolyse, autolyze, awlworts, axolotls, bailouts, ballonet, balloted, balloter, barstool, batfowls, bestowal, biathlon, bilobate, biotical, blackout, blacktop, blastoff, blastoma, bloaters, bloating, bloviate, bluecoat, boastful, boatable, boatbill, boatfuls, boatlike, boatload, bobtails, bolthead, boltonia, bootable, bootlace, borstals, brocatel, butanols, cachalot, calathos, calottes, calotype, calthrop, caltrops, calutron, cantonal, capitols, cartload, cataloes, catalogs, catechol, cathodal, catholic, cattalos, celomata, challoth, chelator, chlorate, cholates, cilantro, clitoral, clodpate, coaliest, coalpits, coatless, coattail, cobaltic, cocktail, coitally, collaret, collated, collates, collator, colocate, colorant, comatula, comitial, compleat, conepatl, conflate, contrail, coolants, copulate, corelate, cortical, covalent, daltonic, deadbolt, deflator, delation, delators, desolate, diastole, dicrotal, dilation, dilators, dilatory, dioptral, diplomat, doctoral, dotardly, dovetail, ecotonal, elations, elevator, elongate, emulator, entozoal, erotical, eschalot, ethanols, etiolate, falconet, fallouts, falsetto, faltboat, fellatio, fellator, flameout, flatboat, flatfoot, flatiron, flatlong, flattops, flatwork, flatworm, fleawort, floatage, floatels, floaters, floatier, floating, flokatis, flotages, flotilla, flotsams, flyboats, foldboat, foliated, foliates, folktale, fontanel, football, footfall, footwall, forestal, foxtails, frontals, galipots, galliots, gallipot, galloots, gantlope, gatefold, gelation, glasnost, gliomata, gloaters, gloating, globated, goalpost, goatlike, golgotha, halachot, halakhot, halakoth, halation, halftone, haplonts, harlotry, haylofts, helotage, holdfast, horntail, hospital, hotelman, idolater, idolator, idolatry, illation, immolate, immortal, inflator, insolate, intaglio, isolated, isolates, isolator, jovialty, kathodal, keelboat, keitloas, kilowatt, laborite, lacteous, lactones, lactonic, lactoses, lakeport, lamppost, lanosity, lanthorn, latewood, lathwork, latigoes, latosols, laudator, lavation, lavatory, laxation, layabout, leadwort, legation, legators, lentando, leotards, levators, libation, lifeboat, ligation, lipomata, littoral, loadstar, loamiest, loathers, loathful, loathing, lobately, lobation, lobulate, localist, localite, locality, locaters, locating, location, locative, locators, loculate, locustae, locustal, lodestar, longboat, loricate, lothario, loveseat, loyalest, loyalist, lunation, luxation, maillots, maltoses, mannitol, marplots, martello, matelote, matelots, matronal, matronly, meatloaf, megavolt, metazoal, methanol, moatlike, modality, modulate, molality, molarity, moralist, morality, mortally, mothball, motional, mulattos, myoblast, naphthol, naphtols, national, neonatal, nodality, nonadult, nonfatal, nonmetal, nontidal, nontonal, notables, notarial, notional, oatmeals, oblately, oblation, oblatory, obligate, obligati, obligato, obstacle, ocellate, octangle, octanols, octantal, oleaster, oothecal, oppilant, oppilate, optional, oralists, orbitals, oriental, ornately, ortolans, osculant, osculate, ostiolar, otalgias, otalgies, outbawls, outblaze, outbleat, outbrawl, outcavil, outclass, outcrawl, outfable, outfalls, outflank, outglare, outhauls, outlands, outlasts, outlaugh, outlawed, outlawry, outleaps, outleapt, outlearn, outplans, outplays, outrival, outsails, outtalks, outvalue, outwalks, overlate, oversalt, overtalk, ovulated, ovulates, oxalated, oxalates, oxysalts, paletots, palmetto, palpator, pantofle, pastoral, patronal, patronly, patulous, pectoral, pentanol, petalody, petaloid, petalous, petiolar, petrosal, pilotage, plankton, plastron, platform, platonic, platoons, plethora, plottage, poetical, polarity, polecats, polentas, polestar, polymath, ponytail, populate, portable, portably, portaled, postally, postanal, postoral, postural, potables, potlache, potlatch, preallot, pulsator, quotable, quotably, ratholes, rational, reallots, realtors, refloats, relation, relators, relocate, restoral, retailor, rolamite, rostella, rosulate, royalist, sailboat, saltwork, saltwort, sandlots, santalol, sectoral, shallots, shoalest, shoptalk, skatoles, slotback, societal, sodalist, sodalite, sodality, softball, solating, solation, solatium, solitary, solvated, solvates, sonantal, sortable, sortably, spoliate, stallion, stomatal, stonable, storable, stowable, strobila, subtotal, tabletop, tabloids, tabooley, taboulis, tadpoles, tagalong, tailbone, tailcoat, tailored, talapoin, talipots, tallboys, tallowed, tallyhos, talookas, tangelos, tapholes, teabowls, teetotal, temporal, teocalli, thalloid, thallous, thiazole, thiazols, thoracal, thraldom, toadflax, toadless, toadlike, toenails, toeplate, tolarjev, tolerant, tolerate, tollages, tollbars, tollgate, tollways, toluates, tomalley, tombolas, tonality, tonsilar, toolhead, topsails, toroidal, tortilla, totaling, totalise, totalism, totalist, totality, totalize, totalled, towardly, travelog, triazole, trifocal, trigonal, trilobal, trinodal, tripodal, trochlea, trolands, troopial, tropical, troupial, tutorial, ultrahot, ultralow, uprootal, valuator, violated, violater, violates, violator, vocalist, vocality, volatile, volitant, voltages, voltaism, vortical, voteable, walkouts, wantonly, wastelot, waterlog, waterloo, woolhats, zealotry, zoolater, zoolatry.

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