lottery
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈlɑːtəri/
- It's a lottery system for a reason.
- selection by lottery
- a lottery system
- a postcode lottery
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it's like, I already hit the lottery by it not failing.
- And it's like, I already hit the lottery by it not failing.
- That's that's the lottery of being a sentient being.
- And I was also in one of the last years of the lottery for Vietnam.
- But The thing is you won the birth lottery.
- Well, we might have lost the lottery, but we won.
- You and I won the lottery were born in America.
- You know, it's a lottery you you don't have.
- The silicon lottery is So what is it?
- That that is what that is what's called the lottery part, right?
- What could make the lottery more interesting?
- That's that's hitting the lottery, you know?
- Because it's the penalty, then the lottery really isn't being rigorously applied, is it?
- You could make a mission to Mars every time on a lottery.
Examples
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You don't have to win the lottery to do that.
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I was lucky in the draft lottery, too, where to come in last was to win.
Fiction book (1999) -
What could make the lottery more interesting?
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Well, we might have lost the lottery, but we won.
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OK, the lottery is a total RIP off.
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Since I had been chosen by lottery in the first place, I did not feel cheated.
Fiction book (1998) -
Since 1973, all high school applicants have been assigned by lottery to schools within their residential district.
Academic text (1992) -
The recent lottery drew thousands of hopeful participants waiting to see who would win.
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Every month, many people buy tickets for the state lottery, hoping for a life-changing prize.
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After winning the lottery, she could finally afford her dream house without financial worries.
Synonyms
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2.1
An unplanned event or meeting that happens without reason
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3.5
A risky action with an uncertain result that may depend on chance
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4.1
An act of choosing someone or something by chance
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3.8
An event where winners are chosen by chance from tickets
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4.8
A result that depends only on chance, like drawing names from a hat
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9.1
A risky situation where the result depends mostly on luck
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4.7
A choice with an uncertain result that may be risky
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3.4
An event that happens by accident and is not planned
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6.5
A decision that depends mostly on chance
A game where you pick a surprise gift by chance
Antonyms
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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Etymology
Lottery comes from the old word lot, meaning 'fate' or 'share'. Because a 'lot' once meant what happens to someone by chance, people use lottery to describe events or choices that are decided by luck rather than by planning.