a lot

a lot

See also: alot and allot

English

Alternative forms

• alot (nonstandard or misspelling)

Etymology

See lot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈlɒt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophone: allot

Pronoun

a lot

1. A large amount.

   I have a lot of things to say.

2. Many things, much.

   A lot depends on whether your parents agree.

Translations

a large amount

Albanian: shumë (sq) Arabic: كَثِير‎ (ar) (kaṯīr) Egyptian Arabic: كتير‎ (kitīr) Hijazi Arabic: كثير‎ (katīr, kaṯīr), كَتير‎ (katīr) Azerbaijani: çox (az) Bashkir: күп (küp), байтаҡ (baytaq) Belarusian: мно́га (mnóha), шмат (be) (šmat), бага́та (be) (baháta) Bengali: অনেক (bn) (ônek), বহু (bôhu) Bulgarian: мно́го (bg) (mnógo) Burmese: များ (my) (mya:) Catalan: molt (ca) Cherokee: ᏥᏈᏍᏗ (tsiquisdi) Chickasaw: lawa, i̠lawa Chinese: Cantonese: 好多 (hou2 do1), 大把 (daai6 baa2) Mandarin: 很多 (zh) (hěn duō), 多 (zh) (duō) Czech: spousta (cs) f, fůra (cs) f Dutch: veel (nl) Esperanto: multa (eo),multe da Estonian: palju (et) Finnish: paljon (fi) French: beaucoup (fr) Galician: lote (gl), mundo (gl) m, feixe (gl) m, morea (gl) f, ben de Georgian: ბევრი (bevri), დიდძალი (didʒali) German: viel (de) Greek: (uncountably):πολλά (el) (pollá), (countably):πολύ (el) (polý) Ancient: πλῆθος n (plêthos) Hebrew: הַרבֵּה‎ (he) (harbé) Hindi: अधिक (hi) (adhik), बहुत (hi) (bahut) Hungarian: sok (hu), egy csomó, egy rakat, számos (hu), rengeteg (hu) Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: mórán m, neart m, a lán Italian: molto (it), grande (it) Jamaican Creole: a bag a, a crocus bag a Japanese: 沢山 (ja) (たくさん, takusan), 多くの (ja) (おおくの, ōku no), 多い (ja) (おおい, ōi) Jingpho: law Kazakh: көп (kk) (köp) Khmer: ច្រើន (km) (craən) Korean: 많은 (ko) (maneun), 많이 (ko) (mani) Kyrgyz: көп (ky) (köp) Lao: ຫຼາຍ (lāi) Latin: multus (la) Latvian: daudz Lithuanian: daug (lt) Macedonian: многу (mk) (mnogu) Malay: banyak (ms) Manx: mooarane m Mongolian: олон (mn) (olon) Navajo: díí óolyé dooląął, tʼóó báhádzigo Norwegian: Bokmål: massevis Nynorsk: massevis Persian: مقدار زیاد‎ (meqdâre ziyâd), زیاد‎ (fa) (ziyâd), بسیار‎ (fa) (besiyâr) Plautdietsch: väl Polish: wiele (pl), dużo (pl) Portuguese: muito (pt), bastante (pt) Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਬਥੇਰਾ m (batherā), ਬਥੇਰੀ f (batherī), ਬਥੇਰੇ pl (bathere) Shahmukhi: بَتھیرا‎ m (batherā), بَتھیرِی‎ f (batherī), بَتھیرے‎ pl (bathere) Russian: мно́го (ru) (mnógo), нема́ло (ru) (nemálo), мно́гие (ru) pl (mnógije) (countable, also) Rusyn: мно́го (mnóho), ве́лё (véljo) Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu), अधिकम् (sa) (adhikam) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мно̏гӣ, мно̏го Roman: mnȍgī (sh), mnȍgo (sh) Sinhalese: බොහෝ (bohō) Slovak: veľa, mnoho Slovene: veliko (sl), mnogo Spanish: un montón (es) m (colloquial, countable) Swahili: sana Swedish: mycket (sv) (uncountable), många (sv) (countable), en hel del (sv) (either) Tajik: бисёр (tg) (bisyor), хеле (tg) (xele) Tamil: நிறைய (ta) (niṟaiya) Thai: หลาย (th) (lǎai) Turkish: çok (tr) Turkmen: köp Ukrainian: бага́то (uk) (baháto), чима́ло (čymálo) Urdu: بہت‎ (bahut) Uzbek: koʻp (uz) Vietnamese: nhiều (vi), lắm (vi) Yiddish: פֿיל‎ (fil) Zhuang: haujlai, lai

many things

Albanian: shumë (sq) Azerbaijani: çox şey Catalan: molt (ca) Chickasaw: lawa Chinese: Cantonese: (please verify) 好多 (hou2 do1) Czech: hodně (cs), mnoho (cs) Dutch: veel (nl) Esperanto: multa (eo),multe da Finnish: paljon (fi) German: vieles (de) n Hungarian: sok minden, sok (hu) Irish: a lán Latin: multi Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Plautdietsch: väl Portuguese: bastante (pt), muito (pt) Romanian: mult (ro) Russian: мно́гое (ru) (mnógoje) Spanish: mucho (es) Ukrainian: бага́то (uk) (baháto)

Adverb

a lot (not comparable)

1. (informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.
   • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 72-3:

     Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.

   Thanks a lot for listening to me.

   It's a lot harder than it looks.

2. (informal) Often; frequently.

   I go swimming a lot.

Synonyms

• loads, tons, immensely

Related terms

• alot
• lots

 

Translations

very much

Albanian: shumë (sq) Arabic: كَثِيرًا‎ (kaṯīran) Egyptian Arabic: قوي‎ Gulf Arabic: وايد‎ Armenian: շատ (hy) (šat) Belarusian: шмат (be) (šmat), мно́га (mnóha) Catalan: molt (ca) Cebuano: kaayu Chickasaw: lawa Chinese: Mandarin: 許多／许多 (zh) (xǔduō), 多 (zh) (duō) Czech: velmi mnoho, moc (cs) Danish: meget (da) Dutch: veel (nl) Esperanto: multe (eo) Finnish: paljon (fi), hyvin paljon French: beaucoup (fr) Gallo: brav'ment German: viel (de) Greek: Ancient: σφόδρα (sphódra) Haitian Creole: anpil Hebrew: הרבה‎ (he) (harbe) Hindi: बहुत सारा (bahut sārā) Hungarian: nagyon (hu), (with comparative degree) sokkal (hu), jóval, sokkalta Isan: please add this translation if you can Italian: molto (it) Japanese: 沢山の (ja) (たくさんの, takusan no), 多い (ja) (おおい, ooi) Khmer: ច្រើន (km) (craən) Korean: 많은 (ko) (maneun) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: زۆر‎ (ku) (zor) Lao: ຫລາຍ (lāi) Latin: multō (la), multum (la), tot m or m pl or f or f pl or n or n pl Lü: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: мно́гу (mk) (mnógu) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Neapolitan: assaje m Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: mange (no) Ojibwe: naaniibowa Old French: molt, mult, mout Persian: زیاد‎ (fa) (ziyâd), خیلی زیاد‎ (xeyli ziyâd) Polish: mnóstwo (pl), wiele (pl), dużo (pl) Portuguese: um monte, muito (pt), muita (pt) Russian: мно́го (ru) (mnógo) Scottish Gaelic: mòran Shan: please add this translation if you can Shor: кӧп (köp) Slovak: mnoho Southern Thai: จังหู้ Spanish: mucho (es), un montón (es) (colloquial), una barbaridad (colloquial), cosa mala (colloquial) Swahili: mengi (sw) Swedish: mycket (sv), en hel del (sv) Thai: มาก (th) (mâak) Tocharian B: māka Turkish: çok (tr), bir sürü (tr), bir ton Ukrainian: бага́то (uk) (baháto) Vietnamese: nhiều (vi), lắm (vi) Volapük: mödo (vo) Welsh: llawer Westrobothnian: molende, molenä Wolof: lool (wo) Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

often

Arabic: كَثِيرًا‎ (kaṯīran) Armenian: հաճախ (hy) (hačax) Catalan: sovint (ca), freqüentment (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 常常 (zh) (chángcháng), 經常／经常 (zh) (jīngcháng), 時常／时常 (zh) (shícháng) Czech: často (cs) Dutch: vaak (nl), veel (nl) Esperanto: ofte (eo) Finnish: usein (fi) French: souvent (fr) German: oft (de) Hungarian: gyakran (hu), sokat (hu), sokszor (hu), gyakorta (hu) Italian: spesso (it) Japanese: よく (ja) (yoku), 度々 (たびたび, tabitabi), しばしば (ja) (shiba shiba) Korean: 자주 (ko) (jaju) Latin: saepe (la) Macedonian: многупати (mnogupati), често (često) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Neapolitan: assaje m Norwegian: ofte (no) Polish: często (pl) Portuguese: muito (pt), bastante (pt) Russian: ча́сто (ru) (částo) Spanish: frecuentemente (es) Swedish: ofta (sv) Turkish: çok sık, çok (tr)

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Lithuanian: (please verify) daug (lt) Thai: (please verify) มาก (th) (maak)

References

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Anagrams

• ATOL, Alto, Toal, alto, alto-, atlo-, lota, talo-, tola