lot
—
plot of land
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | |
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