"a lot of" meaning in Anglais

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      "name": "Adjectifs indéfinis en anglais",
      "parents": [],
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      "kind": "other",
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIXᵉ siècle)Composé de a, lot et of."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈmɔɹ\\",
        "\\ˈmɔː\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈmoʊst\\",
        "\\ˈməʊst\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "A lot of s’emploie pour les noms dénombrables et aussi indénombrables. Ce mot a déjà remplacé much dans un contexte affirmatif, et on peut constater le paradigme très irrégulier a lot of – more – most. Ce mot dénote une supplétion car son étymologie est distincte de celles de more et de most."
  ],
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif indéfini",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "a lot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I drank a lot of milk.",
          "translation": "J’ai bu beaucoup de lait."
        },
        {
          "text": "He has a lot of books.",
          "translation": "Il a beaucoup de livres."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Beaucoup de."
      ],
      "id": "fr-a_lot_of-en-adj-ktEtDpkv"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\ə ˈlɑt əv\\",
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        "États-Unis"
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      "ipa": "\\ə ˈlɒt əv\\",
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        "Royaume-Uni"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "loads of"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "lots of"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tons of"
    },
    {
      "word": "many"
    },
    {
      "word": "a good deal of"
    },
    {
      "word": "a great deal of"
    },
    {
      "word": "a large amount of"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dans un contexte négatif",
      "word": "much"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "indefinite"
  ],
  "word": "a lot of"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs indéfinis en anglais",
    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Supplétions en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIXᵉ siècle)Composé de a, lot et of."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈmɔɹ\\",
        "\\ˈmɔː\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈmoʊst\\",
        "\\ˈməʊst\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "A lot of s’emploie pour les noms dénombrables et aussi indénombrables. Ce mot a déjà remplacé much dans un contexte affirmatif, et on peut constater le paradigme très irrégulier a lot of – more – most. Ce mot dénote une supplétion car son étymologie est distincte de celles de more et de most."
  ],
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif indéfini",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "a lot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I drank a lot of milk.",
          "translation": "J’ai bu beaucoup de lait."
        },
        {
          "text": "He has a lot of books.",
          "translation": "Il a beaucoup de livres."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Beaucoup de."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ə ˈlɑt əv\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
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      "ipa": "\\ə ˈlɒt əv\\",
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        "Royaume-Uni"
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  "synonyms": [
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      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
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      "word": "loads of"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "lots of"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tons of"
    },
    {
      "word": "many"
    },
    {
      "word": "a good deal of"
    },
    {
      "word": "a great deal of"
    },
    {
      "word": "a large amount of"
    },
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      "sense": "dans un contexte négatif",
      "word": "much"
    }
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  "tags": [
    "indefinite"
  ],
  "word": "a lot of"
}