"draw lots" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: draws lots [present, singular, third-person], drawing lots [participle, present], drew lots [past], drawn lots [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|draw<,,drew,drawn> lots}} draw lots (third-person singular simple present draws lots, present participle drawing lots, simple past drew lots, past participle drawn lots)
  1. To choose by random chance. Synonyms: cast lots Hyponyms: draw straws, pick out of a hat, toss a coin Translations (Translations): treure a sorts (Catalan), sortejar (Catalan), arpoa (Finnish), tirer au sort (French), sortear (Galician), botar a sortes (Galician), auslosen (German), knobeln (German), tirare a sorte (Italian), sorteggiare (Italian), estrarre a sorte (Italian), losować [imperfective] (Polish), wylosować [perfective] (Polish), sortear (Portuguese), echar a suertes (Spanish), sortear (Spanish), dra lott (Swedish), lotta (Swedish), adçekmek (Turkish), tynnu cwtws (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-draw_lots-en-verb-CdEXFVwP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "code": "sv",
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          "word": "dra lott"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "lotta"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "adçekmek"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
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          "word": "tynnu cwtws"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "treure a sorts"
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      "word": "sortejar"
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      "word": "arpoa"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "dra lott"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "lotta"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "adçekmek"
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