a lot of

US pronunciation

American sounda lot of

alotof

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

a - lot - of -> a lot of

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

lot / lɒt / n

the lot, the whole lot [Gp] (infml )
အကုန်လုံး။ အားလုံး။ တစ်ပြုံလုံး။ That’s the lot! ❍ Get out of my house, the (whole) lot of you! ❍ She expects a good salary, a company car, first-class air travel—the lot.
a lot, lots pron (infml ) အများကြီး။ အများအပြား။ တစ်ပုံ တစ်ခေါင်းကြီး။ Have some more cake, there’s lots left. ❍ ‘How many paper clips do you need?’ ‘A lot/Lots. ’
adv (infml )
၁။ a lot, lots (used with adjs and advs ) များစွာ။ အများကြီး။ I’m feeling a lot better today. ❍ I eat lots less than I used to.
၂။ a lot (used with vs ) (က) အများကြီး။ များစွာ။ I care about you a lot. ❍ Thanks a lot for your help. (ခ) မကြာမကြာ။ I play tennis quite a lot in the summer. See also A FAT LOT
n
၁။ [CGp] (esp Brit ) အစု။ အသိုက်။ အသုတ်။ အပုံ။ The first lot of visitors has/have arrived. ❍ I have several lots of essays to mark this weekend. ❍ (infml ) What do you lot want? Compare BATCH ၁
၂။ [C] (လေလံတင်သည့်) ပစ္စည်း၊ အစု၊ အတွဲ။ Lot 46: six chairs.
၃။ [C] အကွက်။ ကွက်လပ်။ a parking lot ❍ a vacant lot (ie a building site).
၄။ [sing] ကုသိုလ်ကံ။ ကြမ္မာ။ Her lot has been a hard one. ❍ (infml ) That’s your lot (ie That is all you are getting).
❏ a bad lot [IDM ] လူဆိုးလူတေ။ His brother is a thoroughly bad lot.
❏ by lot [IDM ] မဲဖြင့်။
❏ cast/draw lots (for sth/to do sth) [IDM ] မဲနှိုက်သည်။ မဲချသည်။ They drew lots for the right to go first.
❏ fall to sb’s lot to do sth [IDM ] (fml ) မဲကျသည်။
❏ a lot of det (also infml lots of ) အတော် များများ။ သိပ်။ What a lot of presents! ❍ I haven’t got a lot of time. ❍ black coffee with lots of sugar ❍ A lot of people were killed in the riots. ❍ I saw quite a lot of her (ie I saw her quite often) during the holidays. ❍ MUCH¹
❏ throw in one’s lot with sb [IDM ] ဆိုးတူကောင်းဖက် သဘောထား၍ ခြေစုံပစ်ဝင်သည်။

More examples

I liked her a lot.
I can run a lot faster than you.
Men take a lot longer in the supermarket than women.
We’re playing a lot better under the new manager.
I talk a lot, I know.
We see her in the mornings a lot, taking the children off to school.
She gets sad when she thinks about him, which happens a lot.
We’re paying her a lot for her services.
Have another piece of cake – there’s lots more in the kitchen.
[a lot of] : Bob used to have a lot of friends in New York.
I’ve got a lot of work to do.
There are a lot of questions that still remain unanswered.
The idea has attracted lots of publicity.
He’s making lots of money.
[a lot/lots to do/see/eat etc] : There’s a lot to see in New York.
[lots and lots] : There were lots and lots of posters to choose from.
I’ve got a lot on this weekend – I don’t think I can see you.
He’s hard to talk to at the moment – he’s got a lot on his mind.

Synonyms

group, batch, set, assortment, grouping, bunch, bundle, delivery, quantity, Moirai, abundance, accident, acreage, admeasure, aggregate, aggregation, allocation, allotment, allow, allowance, amplitude, apportion, apportionment, area, barrel, bite, block, body, break, breaks, buck the odds, cast lots, chance, circle, circumstance, clearing, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, come across with, conglomerate, conglomeration, consignment, crowd, cupped, cupping, cut, cut lots, cut the cards, deal out, dealing out, decree, destiny, dispense, divine will, division, dole out, doom, draw straws, fate, field, flip the coin, foreordination, fork out, fortune, frontage, gamble, gaming, give with, go for broke, going for broke, great deal, hand one is dealt, handwriting on wall, hazard, heap, inescapableness, karma, kismet, lay money on, load, luck, make a bet, mass, measure, measure out, mess, mete, mete out, meting out, much, multiplicity, number, ocean, often large, oodles, order, pack, parcel, parceled, parceling, part, patch, percentage, piece, piece up, pile, plat, plenitude, plenty, plight, plot, plottage, portion, predestinate, predestination, predestine, property, proportion, push, put faith in, put trust in, quota, ration, real estate, reams, requisition, run of luck, scores, share, share out, sharing out, shoot the moon, shoot the works, slice, stack, stacks, stick neck out, stick one's neck out, sticking one's neck out, take, take a flyer, tempt fortune, tract, trust to luck, try one's luck, way cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune

Antonyms

handful, individual, lack, little, misfortune, one, small number, totality, whole

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