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neat

1

[ 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

2

/ 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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Over the next two hours, jeweler and collector pored over nearly 40 pieces, separating them into neat piles.

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It’s a neat way to make the point that traditions must be reexamined.

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The apocalyptic imagination, he argued, imposes on history “neat, naïve patterns” presaging a turning point in the grand scheme of humanity.

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“It was really neat to see them come together as a herd to protect the juvenile and then immediately try to survey their habitat,” she said.

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Returning director Toby Haynes calls the original “a perfect script, a neat potboiler,” but describes “Into Infinity” as “maybe the most ambitious ‘Black Mirror’ episode ever made.”

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