a lot
English translation: collective noun - a large number or amount, a great many or a great deal
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| 5 +1 | additional information - a large number or amount, a great many or a great deal |
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| 5 | a "lot" |
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| 5 | collective noun |
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12 mins confidence: 
a "lot" Explanation: "A" is for the word "lot," a multitude, a group. It is "an" entity" of many. |
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collective noun Explanation: "lot" is a collective noun. It is one word that means a group of things but is singular in form. Think of the word "family." You say, "a family" but there are many members. http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/020.html 1. Grammar: Traditional Rules, Word Order, Agreement, and Case § 20. collective noun Some nouns, like committee, clergy, enemy, group, family, and team, refer to a group but are singular in form. These nouns are called collective nouns. In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in The family was united on this question or The enemy is suing for peace. It takes a plural verb when it refers to the members of the group considered as individuals, as in My family are always fighting among themselves or The enemy were showing up in groups of three or four to turn in their weapons. In British usage, collective nouns are more often treated as plurals: The government have not announced a new policy. The team are playing in the test matches next week. 1 Be careful not to treat a collective noun as both singular and plural in the same construction. Thus you should say The family is determined to press its (not their) claim. |
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peer agreement (net): +1additional information - a large number or amount, a great many or a great deal Explanation: Here is the definition from Gage Canadian Dictionary, revised and expanded lot n., adv., v. noun: 1. a large number or amount; a great many or a great deal: a lot of books, a lot of money. There is a lot of truth in what he said. 2 lots,Informal, a large number or amount: He has lots of money. There were lots of people. 3 a number of persons or things considered as a group; collection or set: This lot of ballots still has to be counted 4 a subdivision of a block in a town or city: a vacant lot. Our house is on a corner lot. 5 a film studio together with the surrounding property. 6 an object used to decide something by chance. We drew lots to decide who should be captain. 7 such a method of deciding: divide property by lot. 8 a choice made in this way: The lot fell to me. 9 what one gets by lot; one's share. 10 one's fate; fortune: a happy lot. 11 an item or items for sale at an auction:When is this lot to be sold? cast or draw lots, use lots to decide something cast or throw in (one's) lot with, share the fate of; become a partner with adv. lots Informal. much: This table is lots nicer than that one. v. divide into lots |
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