lots

/ (lɒts) informal /

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pl n

(often foll by of) great numbers or quantitieslots of people; to eat lots

adverb

a great deal

(intensifier)the journey is lots quicker by train

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Words nearby lots

loti, lotic, lotion, lotophagi, lotos, lots, Lot's wife, Lotta, lotte, lottery, Lottie

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How to use lots in a sentence

Everyone showed lots of skin and courtship perfumed the air.
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They are made in a social setting, surrounded by lots of other people with various ways to resist bad decisions.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some people worship money, some people worship power, and lots of people worship themselves.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.
No, North Korea Didn’t Hack Sony|Marc Rogers|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This is a growing business arena, a market attracting lots of players.
Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck|Michael S. Roth|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
I've tried to teach lots of folks; an' sum learns quick, an' some don't never learn; it's jest 's 't strikes 'em.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Old Pit Town knows lots of good people, and would give us letters, I suppose.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
They heard how in the early spring in the meadow by the mill-dam Tim and I had stopped our ploughs to draw lots and he had lost.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
But I drawed lots with myself and moseyed over to the school-house to keep a bench warm.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates

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