0 lots (of) a large amount or number of people or things: --
I'm sick of the lot of them.
Have I got everything? Is that the lot?
We used to go there a lot.
There's lots of food.
I've got a lot to do today.
He does a lot of travelling in his job.
There were a lot of people there.
1 an amount or set of things, especially when there are several of these amounts: --
2 in an auction (= public sale), an object or set of objects that are being sold: --
4 the quality of someone's life and the experiences that they have: --
5 to make a decision by choosing from a set of objects such as pieces of paper or sticks that are all the same except for one: --
As a result, the primary prepositions look a lot like phonological words that are subject to such adjustments.
It was a lot easier to manage international financial crisis in the eighties than in the nineties precisely for that reason.
The identification of friction is very important since it has a lot of variation in different environments.
Some respondents regarded neighbours as friends and spent a lot of time with them.
Further, concentration should counter a lot of secondary costs related to cultivation, for example: labour time, fencing costs, transportation and supervision.
This book is not an easy read and demands a lot from its readers.
The cells are able to self-renew and differentiate in culture and this suggests they have a lot of possibilities for regenerative medical applications.
A marriage would soon give rise to a lot of problems.
