lots

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

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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 (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/

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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)

• lots in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lots in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• lots in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

• stol