lottery

Other forms of lottery

plural

lotteries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lottery

What does lottery mean?

lottery means "something that is regarded as a chance event". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lottery?

lottery has 3 syllables: lot-te-ry. The stress falls on "lot". In IPA it is /ˈlɑtɚi/.

What is another word for lottery?

Close synonyms include drawing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lottery a common word?

lottery is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.