{
    "term": "lot",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large number or amount",
            "sensetop": "a lot to do",
            "labels": "British English",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘How many do you need?’ ‘A lot.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have some more cake. There's lots left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has invited nearly a hundred people but a lot aren't able to come."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have a lot to do today.",
                    "contextForm": "a lot to do"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She still has **an awful lot** *(= a very large amount)* to learn."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɒt/",
                "audio": "lo/lot/lot__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɑːt/",
                "audio": "lo/lot/lot__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hlot (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lot, German Los. The original meaning was ‘by lot’ and (by extension) the sense ‘a portion assigned to someone’; this gave rise to the other noun senses. The pronoun and adverb uses date from the early 19th cent."
}