lot
→
plot of land
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | κλῆρος | |
| meaning 1 | lot, casting of lots, drawing of lots | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | that which is assigned by lot, allotment of land, generally, piece of land, farm, estate | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | lot | |
| meaning 1 | the making of a decision by random selection, especially by a method involving the choice of one from a number of pieces of folded paper, one of which has a concealed mark | officers were elected rather than selected by lot |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | a plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use | a vacant lot |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | sors | |
| meaning 1 | lot | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | name of the basic unit of area in one system of land measurement | |
| reference | Glare: 1795 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | suerte | |
| meaning 1 | lot | echar suertes to draw (a lot) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | plot of land (ploughed field) | |
| reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| comment | ||