Definition of "a lot" []

• A large amount. (noun)
• Many things, much. (noun)
• Very much; a great deal; to a large extent. (adverb)
• Often; frequently (adverb)

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• "“Are there a lot of stores that supply bugs, Mr. Ragle?”"
• "The prosecution put out a lot of dots, but they couldn't connect them, says Lawrence Kobilinsky, chairman of the Department of Sciences at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York."
• "Like a lot of the top poker pros, Brunson had been an athlete when he was younger, having earned a full basketball scholarship to Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene."