nounAinmfhocal1fate, destinycinniúintfem3cmudánmasc1cmuthat was her lotsin é a bhí sa chinniúint aici, sin é a bhí i ndán di, sin é a bhí leagtha amach dithey're happy with their lot in lifetá siad sásta lena saol2drawing straws etcit was decided by lotcuireadh ar crannchur éit fell to my lotis ormsa a thit sé, ar mo chrannsa a thit sé3informalneamhfhoirmeáltawhole amountthey bought the lotcheannaigh siad an t-iomlán, cheannaigh siad a raibh annthat's our lot for todaytá ár gcuidne déanta don lá inniu, sin é ár gcuidne don lá inniushe's the funniest of the lotis í is greannmhaire ar an iomlán acu, is í is greannmhaire astu ar fad4informalneamhfhoirmeáltagroup of peopledreammasc3cmubaiclefem4cmuour lot are finetá an dream s'againne go breá, tá an mhuintir s'againne go breáwhat about us lot?cad é fúinne?, céard fúinne?well done, you lot!maith sibh féin!they're a smart lotis dream cliste iad5intake, groupthe first lot of climbersan chéad bhaicle dreapadóirí, an chéad ghrúpa dreapadóirí6informalneamhfhoirmeáltaentire groupshe was proud of the lot of thembhí sí bródúil as an iomlán acu, bhí sí bródúil astu ar fad7batch, set, etcbeartmasc1cmubaiscfem2cmuluchtmasc3cmulastamasc4cmuthe first lot was returnedcuireadh an chéad bheart ar aisthat was the last lot of money she gotba í sin an chrág dheireanach airgid a fuair sí, ba í sin an mhám dheireanach airgid a fuair síthey were sold in lots of threedíoladh iad i mbearta de thrí cinn; díoladh iad, trí cinn le chéile8informalneamhfhoirmeáltamedicineleigheasdose, coursebabhtamasc4cmuhe had another lot of chemobhí babhta eile ceimiteiripe aige9 (USSAM)plot of landlotamasc4cmugabháltasmasc1cmupaistemasc4cmua lot of landpaiste talún, gabháltas talúnit was sold in lotsdíoladh é ina ghabháltais, díoladh é ina lotaí10 (USSAM)land for specific purposesuíomhmasc1cmuláithreánmasc1cmuhe owns a building lottá láithreán tógála aigethe car was parked on the lotbhí an carr páirceáilte sa chlós11cinemacineamain filminga vacant lot in Hollywoodláthair fholamh in Hollywood, suíomh folamh in Hollywoodwe couldn't get onto the film lotníor éirigh linn fáil isteach ar shuíomh an scannáin12auction itemmírfem2cmuluchtógfem2cmuadverbdobhriathar13frequentlyit happens a lottarlaíonn sé go minic, is minic a tharlaíonn séthey go out a lottéann siad amach go minic14significantlyi bhfadcmuwe're a lot healthiertáimid i bhfad níos sláintiúlahis handwriting has improved a lottá a chuid scríbhneoireachta i bhfad níos fearr, tá feabhas mór ar a chuid scríbhneoireachta15great dealhaving a car helps a lotis mór an cuidiú é carr a bheith agatthey talk a lotbíonn go leor cainte acu, déanann siad go leor cainte, déanann siad an-chuid caintethanks a lotgo raibh míle maith agat, míle buíochaspronounforainm16great deala lotgo leor, a lán, mórán, cuid mhórrather a lotcuid mhaith, roinnt mhaith, cuid mhór, an-chuidhe ate a lotd'ith sé go leor, d'ith sé an t-uafáshe knows quite a lot about fishingtá go leor ar eolas aige faoi chúrsaí iascaireachtathere's an awful lot going ontá go leor leor ag tarlú, tá an t-uafás ag tarlú, tá an-chuid ag tarlúshe has a lot left to dotá go leor le déanamh fós aici, tá mórán le déanamh aici go fóillthere's not a lot to sayníl mórán le ránot a whole lot has changedníl mórán athraithe, is beag atá athraithedeterminercinntitheach17significant amount or numbera lot ofgo leor, lear mór, neartI don't have a lot of timeníl mórán ama agam, níl an t-uafás ama agamwhat a lot of rubbisha leithéid de sheafóidthey've made an awful lot of progresstá an-mhórán dul chun cinn déanta acuSubformsSainfhoirmeacha→ lotsPhrasesNathannato throw your lot in with sb (also nó to cast your lot in with sb)dul i bpáirt le duinedul i bpáirtíocht le duineto draw lots (also nó to cast lots)to draw lots for sthrud a chur ar chrainn, crainn a chaitheamh ar rudthey drew lots to decide who'd gochuir siad ar chrainn é chun a fháil amach cé a rachadhto be a bad lotthey're a bad lotis olc an dream iad, is olc an éadáil iad, tá drochbhraon iontu, drochdhaoine atá iontuto be the best of a bad lotit's the best of a bad lotníl de rogha ann ach é, rogha an dá dhíogha is ea éto have a lot on your mindshe has a lot on her mindtá go leor ar a hintinn aici, tá go leor ag déanamh imní di, tá go leor ag cur as dito have a lot on your platehe has a lot on his platetá go leor ar a aire, tá go leor le déanamh aige, tá a sháith ar a ghogán aigeto have a lot to answer forthey have a lot to answer fortá go leor le cúiteamh acuto make the best of a bad lotthey had to make the best of a bad lotbhí orthu teacht leis, bhí orthu déanamh leis, bhí orthu cuma éigin a chur ar dhrochmhargadhto be all over the lot (USSAM), informalneamhfhoirmeáltabheith ar fud na háitebheith an-trí chéile