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- [lot-uh-ree]
- /ˈlɒt ə ri/
- /ˈlɒt.ər.i/
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- [lot-uh-ree]
- /ˈlɒt ə ri/
Definitions of lottery word
- noun plural lottery a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes. 1
- noun plural lottery any scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance. 1
- noun plural lottery any happening or process that is or appears to be determined by chance: to look upon life as a lottery. 1
- noun lottery A means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. 1
- noun lottery gambling: drawing of numbers 1
- noun lottery NBA: basketball event 1
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Origin of lottery
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70, lottery is from the Middle Dutch word loterie (whence also French loterie). See lot, -ery
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Parts of speech for Lottery
noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lottery popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lottery usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lottery
noun lottery
- raffle — rubbish.
- gambling — any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
- chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- game of chance — a game in which the outcome is determined by chance rather than by the skill of its players, as roulette.
- sweepstake — a sweepstakes.
Antonyms for lottery
noun lottery
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
Top questions with lottery
- how to win the lottery?
- how to winning the lottery?
- who won the lottery?
- when is nba draft lottery?
- where does lottery money come from?
- what channel is the lottery on?
- what to do if you win the lottery?
- how to play the lottery?
- when is the lottery drawn?
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