English / phrase
A Lots
MEANING IN ENGLISH
An informal, colloquial nonstandard variant used casually in place of 'a lot' or 'lots'
In context
01
In spoken English, you may casually hear someone say 'a lots of patients', though 'a lot of' is standard.
02
The instructor noted that while 'a lots' appears in relaxed dialects, medical charts must use standard grammar.
Synonyms
lots,heaps,oodles (colloquial)
Antonyms
a pinch,barely any
Collocations
use a lots casually,mistake a lot for a lots,colloquial a lots