a lot

Definitions

1. Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.
   informal, not-comparable
2. Much, a lot.
3. Often; frequently.
   informal, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Thanks a lot for listening to me.”

“It's a lot harder than it looks.”

“Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research⟳ over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.”

“I go swimming a lot.”

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