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neat

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[ neet ]

adjective

neater, neatest.
  1. in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition:

    a neat room.

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  2. habitually orderly and clean in appearance or habits:

    a neat person.

  3. of a simple, pleasing appearance, style, design, etc.:

    a neat cottage.

  4. cleverly effective in character or execution: a neat solution.

    a neat scheme;

    a neat solution.

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  5. Slang. great; excellent; fine:

    What a neat car!

  6. clever, dexterous, or apt:

    She gave a neat characterization of the old woman.

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  7. (of liquid, especially liquor) straight ( def 16 ).

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  8. Building Trades.
    1. (of cement) without sand or other aggregate.
    2. (of plaster) without any admixture except hair or fiber.
  9. net:

    neat profits.



adverb

  1. Informal. neatly.

neat

2

[ neet ]

noun

plural neat.
  1. an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.

neat

1

/ Ծː /

adjective

  1. clean, tidy, and orderly
  2. liking or insisting on order and cleanliness; fastidious
  3. smoothly or competently done; efficient

    a neat job

  4. pat or slick

    his excuse was suspiciously neat

  5. (of alcoholic drinks) without added water, lemonade, etc; undiluted
  6. a less common word for net 2

    neat profits

  7. slang.
    good; pleasing; admirable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

neat

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/ Ծː /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a domestic bovine animal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ𲹳ٱ, adverb
  • ˈԱ𲹳ٲԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Ա𲹳l adverb
  • Ա𲹳n noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of neat1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English net “spruce, trim, clean,” from Middle French, from Latin nitidus “shining, polished, handsome, spruce,” equivalent to Ծ(ŧ) “to shine” + -idus adjective suffix; -id 4

Origin of neat2

First recorded before 900; Middle English net, nete, nette, Old English ŧ, cognate with Old Norse naut, Middle Dutch noot; akin to Old English ŧdzٲ “to use, possess”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of neat1

C16: from Old French net, from Latin nitidus clean, shining, from Ծŧ to shine; related to Middle Irish niam beauty, brightness, Old Persian naiba- beautiful

Origin of neat2

Old English neat
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Fans of PC games will immediately feel at home with this, and it's a neat bit of engineering to be able to switch up on-the-fly without having to enter any menus.

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It's a future as narratively neat as it is blatantly unconstitutional, and Donald Trump is all for it.

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There are neat aspects about cities and society and race and smaller details like what malls mean and what private space means.

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There is no neat bow for a box that can be comfortably closed and compartmentalized — here lies memories of a loved one.

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The matter making up the world around us has long-since been organized into three neat categories: solids, liquids and gases.

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