lots - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

• Beginning
• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Noun
  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Usage notes
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
    * 1.3.3 Translations
  • 1.4 Adverb
  • 1.5 Verb
  • 1.6 Anagrams
• 2 French
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun
• 3 Swedish
  • 3.1 Etymology
  • 3.2 Noun
    * 3.2.1 Declension
  • 3.3 References
  • 3.4 Anagrams

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• (General American) enPR: lŏts, IPA(key): /lɑts/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lŏts, IPA(key): /lɒts/
• Rhymes: -ɒts

lots

1. plural of lot
   The men cast lots.
   They purchased all of the adjacent lots.

lots

1. (colloquial) A lot; a great deal; tons; loads.
   Lots of the ways you can help are really easy.
   Don't worry, my family has lots of money.
   She made lots of new friends.

• Lots meaning "a lot" is usually treated as a singular noun despite its plural ending: e.g. There was lots of cool stuff at the flea market.

• lots of love

lots (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) A great deal; very much.
   I feel lots better about it now that we've talked.
   I care lots about the humane treatment of animals.

lots

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lot

• LTOs, OSLT, OTLs, STOL, lost, slot, tols
• IPA(key): /lo/

lots m

1. plural of lot

Ellipsis of lotsman, from Middle Low German lōtsman, from Middle English lodesman (“pilot”). Cognate with English lode (“waterway”), German Lotse, Dutch loods.

lots c

1. a pilot (at sea)

• billots

• lotsa

• lotsavgift

• lotsbrygga

• lotsbåt

• lotsdirektör

• lotsdistrikt

• lotsfisk

• lotshjälp

• lotskutter

• lotsning

• lotspersonal

• lotsplats

• lotsplikt

• lotsstation

• lotstvång

• lotsutkik

• lotsväsen

• lotsväsende

• “lots”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• lots in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• lots in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

• stol

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