lottery
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈlɑːtəri/
:
lotería
- Madam, l think you've just won the one million dollar lottery!
- a state lottery
- a lottery ticket
- win the lottery
And the story has to do with the lottery in the US state of Massachusetts.
- And the story has to do with the lottery in the US state of Massachusetts.
- OK, now why do people play lotteries?
- I wouldn't play the lottery now because I don't really need more money.
- And the guy literally says, I've been playing the lottery all my life and, like, last month, I won, didn't I?
- OK, so but then so then there was that and then states had lotteries and then states.
- And why do these lotteries fail?
- And you know, I get, I have, I won so many lotteries in my life.
Examples
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We now have the details for the national lottery.
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Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee each use state lotteries to support education programs.
Academic text (2004) -
I mean, if you won the lottery today, what would you even do?
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- Who won the lottery tonight?
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Hey, listen, I heard about your lottery win.
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I have decided that if I ever win the lottery, I will send it all to her.
Fiction book (1999) -
My mother won a million dollars on the state lottery.
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If I were you, I'd go out and buy a stack of lottery tickets immediately.
Fiction book (2000) -
My cleaning woman won $168 million in the lottery and she asked for the day off.
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Many people hope to change their lives by winning the lottery next week.
Synonyms
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4.4
A game where players mark numbers on a card and hope to win money
27
3.7
A competition where people buy tickets and one person wins the money
6
3.3
To offer an item as a prize by selling numbered tickets
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5.7
A contest where people enter to win a prize by chance
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3.8
An event where winners are chosen by chance from tickets
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9.0
An illegal lottery where people bet on numbers to win money
An illegal game where people bet money on numbers
Compounds
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7.5
Random chance of being born with certain body or health traits from your parents
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Morphology
Etymology
Lottery comes from the old word lot, meaning 'share' or 'fate'. Long ago people drew 'lots', small marked items to decide who would get a prize or share, so a lottery is a game where winners are chosen by chance.