Lots

Definition: Lots

Lots

Noun

1. A large number or amount; "made lots of new friends".

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

Date "lots" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Lots

Intention

Toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt); run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die.

Drawing lots; sortilegy, sortition; sortes, sortes Virgilianae; rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo, craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf.

Multitude

Noun: mul numerous; Adjective: numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion; (plenty); legion, host; great number, large number, round number, enormous number; a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy; scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest; crowd; (assemblage); lots; all in the world and his wife.

Part

Adverb: partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by installments,by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.

Prediction

Coscinomancy; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy; by precious stones, Lithomancy; by pebbles, Pessomancy; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy; by mirrors, Catoptromancy; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy; by dreams, Oneiromancy; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy; by finger rings, Dactylomancy; by numbers, Arithmancy; by drawing lots, Sortilege; by passages in books, Stichomancy; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy.

Rite

Passover; Shabuoth; Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement; Rosh Hashana, New Year; Hanukkah, Chanukkah, Feast of Lights; Purim, Feast of lots.

Sufficiency

Fill; fullness; (completeness); plenitude, plenty; abundance; copiousness; Adjective:; amplitude, galore, lots, profusion; full measure; " good measure pressed down and running, over." luxuriance; (fertility); affluence; (wealth); fat of the land; "a land flowing with milk and honey"; cornucopia; horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea; mine; (stock).

Crosswords: Lots

Swedish (pilot).

Guns. Lots of guns (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Lots of things (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

Yes, and you've got lots and lots of monitoring to do. (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi)

7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss)

You're gonna go on, and make lots of babies, and watch them grow (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

Play something with lots of feelin', 'cause that's where music has to start (Mountain Music; performing artist: ALABAMA; writing credit: Randy Owen)

I got lots of money but it isn't what I need (Bad Medicine; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M)

I guess a whole lots changed since I seen you last (What Would You Do; performing artist: City High)

Made lots of friends (Runaway; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Good Communication Skills: Spends lots of time on phone. (references; author: unknown)

Mae: "I've been asked to get married lots of times." Rae: "Who asked you?" Mae: "Mom and Dad. Lots of times. (references; author: unknown)

Lots Weib (1965)

The Natural History of Parking Lots (1990)

Lots of Luck (1985)

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

References

• Big Lots, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Clifford's Neighborhood: Lots to Learn All Around Town (reference)

• Healthy Southwestern Cooking: Less Fat, Low Salt, Lots of Flavor (reference)

• Lift the Flap Nativity: Lots of Fun Flaps to Open (Lift the Flap) (reference)

• Lots of Hugs in a Lunch Box: 75 Colorful Tear-Out Notes to Warm Your Child's Heart (Growing Kids in God's Light) (reference)

• New Lots (reference)

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Periodicals

• Penny Lots (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Lots More Learning Fun! (Scholastic Video Collection) (reference)

• Natural History of Parking Lots (reference)

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Music

• Bermuda Girls: The Original Hits & Lots More Fun (reference)

• Lots More Blues Rags & Hollers (reference)

• Lots of People (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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A bowl of berries is a treat for the eye as well as a delight for the palate. But these tasty little morsels happen to be quite tricky to grow, harvest, and handle. These crops tend to have brief growing seasons and are vulnerable to insects, disease, and even birds, so ARS scientists have given them lots of attention. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Black and White photo of an old steam engine logging train. Letting out lots of steam!. Credit: Unknown.

Lots of wildflowers in the McGraw Creek Wilderness Study Area. OR 6-1. Credit: Conrad.

Architectural drawing for a tomb ("Newman Family Memorial") in Rock Creek Cemetery, lots 61 and 63, Washington, D.C. Front and end elevations and plan view. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lots of the boys say I can't get stung any worse!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Vacant lots are used as gardens by farm workers living at "Eighty Acres." Glassboro, New Jersey. Credit: Library of Congress.

Buyers at strawberry auction studying list of car lots to be auctioned. Hammond, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Part of Bull tract near Marysville, California. Houses set on half- and one-acre lots are sold to workers who build their houses on them. No payments on principal are made for the first four years; interest payments start at three percent and go up to six. Credit: Library of Congress.

House on Winter Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. Because of lack of parking facilities, people living in the vicinity of the shipyards are renting car space in their backyards and the lots around their houses for "fifty cents a week.". Credit: Library of Congress.

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. Trailers in their lots. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She further declares that the abrogation of the leases under which these concessions are now held shall not affect the property rights of nationals of Allied and Associated Powers who are holders of lots in these concessions. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Lots of families in the East would like to own a piece of land

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Variability in preparations and lots creates a number of difficulties in predicting results of treatment for specific organisms. (references)

Many fruits and vegetables contain lots of water, too. They include melons, grapes, apples, oranges, tomatoes, lettuce, and celery. (references)

You should get help from a professional exterminator if you see lots of droppings or rodents—you may have a bad infestation problem. (references)

Business

Many of their restaurants are located in the parking lots of hyper- and supermarkets owned by the GIB group. (references)

Although some of these cars in use were sold in highly publicized auctions, many of them can actually be found locked up in government parking lots. (references)

Isla del Este will be the biggest of the three with private moorings for boats up to 100 feet in length in each of the lots. It is located 20 kilometers North of Buenos Aires, on the confluence of Canal del Este and Rio de la Plata. (references)

Children

Malaysia

In October 2000, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government announced that the uniform building by-laws would be amended to ensure that all newly constructed buildings include a full range of facilities for persons with disabilities, including special parking lots, elevators, and restrooms. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ethiopia

Unlike in previous years, Jehovah's Witnesses were allotted land by the Government outside of Addis Ababa; however, because there are no unoccupied lots available in Addis Ababa, Jehovah's Witnesses residing there lease land from private owners. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

U.S. exporters should, therefore, be prepared to sell in smaller lots. (references)

Political Rights

Bhutan

However, it does state that in case of a tie among the candidates in the election, selection shall be made through the drawing of lots. (references)

Trade

Taiwan

Numbering is not essential for large lots of cargo except when packaged in cases, boxes, or crates, provided that each package of the consignment contains cargo of identical weight. (references)

Travel

Costa Rica

Park in secured lots whenever possible. (references)

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

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

Expressions using "lots": across lots ♦ cast lots ♦ casting lots ♦ draw lots ♦ draw lots for ♦ drawing lots ♦ drawing of lots ♦ feast of lots ♦ Fest of Lots ♦ in lots ♦ lots of ♦ lots of MIPS but no I/O ♦ round lots size ♦ To cast lots ♦ To cut lots ♦ To draw lots ♦ To go cross lots. Additional references.

Ending with "lots": back-lots, job-lots, waste-lots.

Albanian

vë bast (back, bet, cast lots, punt, wager), shumë (amount, awful, awfully, badly, confoundedly, considerably, consumedly, damnably, dearly, deep, deuced, devilish, ever so, far, far and away, good few, greatly, heap, heartily, highly, jolly, largely, like mad, lot, lots of, lump, many, million, most, much, no end of, not a few, notedly, number, oodles, passing, passingly, Peck, poly-, precious, price, proceeds, quantum, quite, really, remarkably, scrip, so, sorely, sum, summation, thumping, too, tot, total, totality, umpteen, vastly, very, very much, widely), plot (flat, full, lots of, prompt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كثير (abundant, ample, bags of, considerable, copious, lots of, many, much, numerous, overblown, plentiful), ‏حشد (assemblage, assemble, boodle, cloud, college, concentrate, concourse, confluence, crew, crowd, gather, gathering, horde, host, huddle, legion, loads of, lots of, mob, mobilize, multitude, oodles, pack, pile up, press, rabble, recall, regiment, throng), ‏جرى القرعة (cast lots, draw lots). (various references)

Basque

askorekin (with lots). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хвърлям жребие за (draw lots), хвърлям жребие (cast lots, lot, spin), тегля жребие (cast lots), много (almighty, amain, awfully, bally, deep, dozens, ever so, good deal, great deal, greatly, heartily, high, highly, hundreds, immensely, jolly, loads of, lot, lots of, many, mint, much, nice and, only too, passing, plenty, power, quantities, quantity, real, right, sight, simply, sopping, sorely, terrifically, thumping, to a large degree, to death, unco, unusually, vastly, very, very many, very much indeed). (various references)

Catalan

molta (lots of). (various references)

Chinese 

鬮 (lot), 全部 (Entirety, holistic, lot, totality). (various references)

Czech

spousta (crowd, heap, heaps of, host, legion, load, pack, Peck, plenty, spate, stack, volume). (various references)

Danish

masser. (various references)

Dutch

loten (allot, draw lots), Lotenfeest (Fest of Lots, purim), Poeriem (Fest of Lots, purim), door loting aangewezen (chosen by the drawing of lots), gereglementeerd stelsel (necessity for uniform cultivation of lots), gereglementeerd systeem (necessity for uniform cultivation of lots), handelseenheid (contract size, lot, minimum unit of trading, quotity, round lot, round lots size, trading unit), herverkaveld perceel (real estate property redivided into lots, real landed property redivided into lots), het spruiten van jonge aanplant,in onberijbare percelen en in verspreide boomgaarden (impassable lots and scattered orchards, spraying in young plantations), inbrengwaarde (value of previous lots), kavel zonder uitweg op een openbare land-of waterweg (in accessible lots), contractgrootte (contract size, lot, minimum unit of trading, quotity, round lot, round lots size, trading unit), neerzetveiling (auction according to the lots), verkoop in onderdelen (sale by lots, sale in blocks), Purim (Fest of Lots, purim), Purimfeest (Purim), redenominatie op basis van ongebruikelijke coupures (redenomination on the basis of odd lots), resterende antwoordcoupons (broken lots), ruilverkaveld perceel (real estate property redivided into lots, real landed property redivided into lots), samenstelling van de partijen (composition of the lots), top-down-methode met gebruik van ongebruikelijke coupures (top-down using odd lots), verbod om een stuk grond te verkavelen (ban on dividing a plot of land into lots), verdeling door loting (partition by drawing lots), verkavelen (parcel out), verkoop in blokken (sale by lots, sale in blocks), neerzethal (hall for the exposition of the lots). (various references)

Esperanto

loti (draw lots). (various references)

Faeroese

kasta lut (draw lots). (various references)

Finnish

lyödä arpaa (cast lots), lohkoa (dismember, partition, separate), tiedot kiinteistöjen pinta-aloista ja arvoista (files containing surface areas and value of lots), peruskauppaerä (round lots size), palstoittaa (divide into lots, parcel), myydä tukuittain (sell in lots), kiinteistöjen pinta-alatiedot (list of the surface areas of the lots), jako arpomalla (partition by drawing lots), jakaa osuuksiin (to divide into lots, to parcel out), irrallinen vastauskuponki (broken lots), hyvin paljon kirjoja (lots of book, plenty of books), heittää arpaa (cast lots, toss up), denominaation muuttaminen vaihteleviin euromääriin (redenomination on the basis of odd lots), arpoa (draw lots, raffle ... away, sell in a raffle), "ylhäältä alas"-menetelmä epätasalukuisia kokoja käyttäen (top-down using odd lots). (various references)

French

tirer au sort (cast lots, draw lot, draw lots). (various references)

German

Mengen (blend, crowds, masses, mingle, mix, multitudes, plenties, quantities, quantums, shuffle). (various references)

Greek 

μπόλικοσ (liberal, plenty), πλήθοσ (a lot of, army, battalion, bevy, crowd, heaps, host, huddle, large number of, multitude, plenty of, ruck, shoal, swarm, throng, troop), πολλές, πολλά (a lot, loads of, plenty), πολλοί (a lot, hoi polloi, many, many a, plenty). (various references)

Haitian Creole

bonkou. (various references)

Hebrew 

להשליך גורל (cast lots), להפיל פור (cast lots), להפיל גורל (cast lots, draw lots), להגריל (ballot, cast lots, draw, raffle), הטלת גורל (casting lots), הרבה (a great deal, a great many, a lot of, lots of, many, much, plenty). (various references)

Hungarian

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), sokkal jobban (a lots better, lots better, much better), sok idő (long, lots of time), rengeteg (a great deal, a great many, a lot of, bags of, heaps of, lashings, loads of, lots of, no end of, oodles, scores, slathers, stacks of, vast, whacking-great). (various references)

Indonesian

mencarah (cut into small lots, sell piecemeal), carah (in small lots). (various references)

Italian

mescolare (admix, alloy, blend, compound, concoct, confuse, dose, get mixed up, intermingle, intermix, jumble, mingle, mix, mix up, muddle up, shuffle, stir). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

多目に (plenty). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おおめに (plenty, rather large). (various references)

Korean 

제비 (lot, swallow). (various references)

Malagasy

betsaka. (various references)

Pig Latin

otslay.(various references)

Portuguese

um montão, grande quantidade (a lot of, considerable, galore, infinity, million, mort, much, oodles, peck, pocketful, profusion, raft, regiment, sea, shoal, sight, stack, thickness, ton, tonne, torrent, wilderness). (various references)

Romanian

trage la sorţi (cast lots, draw lots), o mulţime de (a lot of, a sight, lots of, many). (various references)

Russian 

масса (army, array, bulk, congeries, crowd, handful, heap, heaps of, lashings, lot of, lots of, lotsa, mass, mountain, multitude, passel, paste, ream, regiment, ruck, stock, stuff, the million, wealth of, weight, whale, wilderness). (various references)

Scottish

crannchur (casting lots, fortune, lot). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

toliko (insofar, insomuch, lots of, so long, so many), 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), mnoštvo (array, crop, grist, heap, lashings, legion, lot, lot: the lot, lots of, mass, million: the million, multiplicity, multitude, myriad, oodles, pack, plenty, raft, scads, shoal, slew), izvlačiti šibicu (draw lots), baciti kocku (cast lots). (various references)

Somali

badi. (various references)

Spanish

muchos (many, much, numerous). (various references)

Swedish

massor (acres, loads, masses, oodles, plenty). (various references)

Tagalog

maraming (lots of, many). (various references)

Thai

อย่างมาก (arrant, dreadfully, far, greatly, majorly, mightily, much, such). (various references)

Turkish

kura çekmek (ballot, cast lots, draw, draw lots, take pot luck), bol (abounding, abundant, affluent, ample, baggy, bounteous, bountiful, broad, claret cup, copious, effusive, exuberant, fecund, flush, full, generous, handsome, hearty, hefty, lavish, liberal, loose, lots of, lush, luxuriant, opulent, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, prodigal, profuse, rank, rich, riotous, unsparing, unstinted, wealthy, wide), birsürü (a lot, lot, lots of), çok (a great number of, a lot, 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)

Ukrainian

навпростець (across lots, straight out), безліч (a lot of, abundance, army, array, bag, bagful, barrel, bushel, cumulus, dozens, host, infinite, lashings, legion, lots of, multitude, number, numbers, ocean, oodles, orb, orgy, pack, plenty, reams, rout, ruck, scores, shoal, shower, ton, variety, vast, wealth, wilderness, world), багато (a lot, a lot of, abundantly, considerably, deep, galore, lots of, many, much, no end of, not a few, opulently, prodigally, richly). (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words ending with "lots": allots, autopilots, ballots, bibelots, blots, brulots, cachalots, clots, complots, copilots, coplots, counterplots, diglots, drylots, eschalots, feedlots, giglots, harlots, helots, immunoblots, inkblots, maillots, marplots, matelots, melilots, merlots, monoglots, ocelots, outplots, overplots, pilots, plots, polyglots, preallots, reallots, replots, sandlots, shallots, slots, sublots, subplots, underplots, wastelots, woodlots, zealots. (additional references)

Words containing "lots": flotsam, flotsams. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lots" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iots, kots, lats, latsi, latts, letz, Lhota, lits, litz, lkot, lodz, loetz, lofs, Lootz, Lors, lostr, Lota, lotd, lotes, loti, Lotis, lotl, lotos, lotr, lotsa, Lotsi, lotta, Lotts, Lotty, loty, lotz, loxs, loys, lto, Lutsk, Lutts, lutzs, lytes, oltos, olts, tlost, Uluots, zlotes, zots. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lost, slot.

-1 letter: lot, sol, sot.

-2 letters: lo, os, so, to.

+1 letter: altos, blots, bolts, clots, colts, dolts, glost, holts, jolts, lofts, loots, lotas, lotos, lotus, louts, molts, plots, rotls, sloth, slots, smolt, sotol, stole, stool, telos, toils, tolas, toles, tolls, tolus, tools, volts.

+2 letters: allots, almost, atolls, bloats, botels, cloots, closet, cloths, clouts, costal, costly, extols, floats, flotas, flouts, gloats, glosts, glouts, helots, holist, hostel, hostly, hotels, jostle, ketols, lentos, lithos, locust, lotahs, lottes, lottos, lovats, lowest, molest, mostly, motels, moults, oblast, octyls, oldest, osteal, ostler, owlets, pilots, pistol, postal, poults, santol, skatol, sloths, smalto, smolts, softly, solate, solute, sotols, spoilt, sterol, stoled, stolen, stoles, stolid, stolon, stomal, stools, stroll, sublot, talons, telson, thiols, tholes, tholos, toiles, tolans, tolars, tolyls, tonsil, totals, tousle, towels, triols, trolls, volost, voltes, zlotys.