Lottery - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlɑːtərɪ|  American pronunciation of the word lottery
Brit.  |ˈlɒt(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word lottery

noun

- something that is regarded as a chance event
the election was just a lottery to them
- players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots (syn: drawing)

Extra examples

They held a lottery to determine who could get a green card.

Room assignments are determined by lottery.

Life's a lottery, isn't it? It all depends on luck.

Do you really think winning the lottery would make you happy?

The State Department issues 55,000 visas each year by lottery.

Today's winning lottery numbers are 17, 8, and 46.

...in this case, splitting the winnings of the contested lottery ticket seems like a meet solution...

...hey, I won the lottery!...

He's such a lucky devil that he'll probably win the lottery someday.

...no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep...

“I've won the lottery.” “You lucky bleeder!”

...most people can't imagine the kind of elation that comes with winning a super lottery's grand prize, but they're dying to find out...

...most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about...

...the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family...

The lottery jackpot is up to one million dollars.

Word forms

noun
singular: lottery
plural: lotteries
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