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[lɒt] grammar word I summary: A lot can be: ■ an adverb: He seems to like her a lot. ♦ I feel a lot better. ■ a pronoun: We didn't get paid a lot, but we had fun. ♦ A lot of people don't like the idea much. Lots can be a pronoun like a lot but is more informal: She knows lots about it. a lot — 1) to a great or greater degree[/ex] I liked her a lot.[/ex] I can run a lot faster than you.[/ex]

— 2) a lot; lots a large number, amount, or quantity

We're paying her a lot for her services.[/ex] There's a lot to see in Paris.[/ex] Have another piece of cake - there's lots more in the kitchen.[/ex] Bob used to have a lot of friends in New York.[/ex] The idea has attracted lots of publicity.→ many[/ex] 3) often He's a sensitive child who cries a lot.[/ex] I think about him a lot.→ much[/ex] II

noun

lot */*/*/[lɒt]

1) [C] British

a group of people or things

I've just finished typing one lot of letters.[/ex]

It can be a bit difficult when there are two lots of parents involved.[/ex]

2) [C] a thing or group of things that are to be sold in an AUCTION

3) the lot

[singular] spoken the whole of a number or amount that you have just mentioned

I offered him half, but he wanted the lot.[/ex]