neat

  • 31neat — adj. tidy and in order VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem ▪ make sth ▪ keep sth ▪ She kept her desk extremely neat …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 32neat — English has two words neat. The older is now virtually obsolete, while the commoner is a comparatively recent introduction. Neat ‘tidy’ [16] was borrowed from French net ‘neat, clean’. This goes back to Latin nitidus ‘elegant, shiny’, a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 33neat — English has two words neat. The older is now virtually obsolete, while the commoner is a comparatively recent introduction. Neat ‘tidy’ [16] was borrowed from French net ‘neat, clean’. This goes back to Latin nitidus ‘elegant, shiny’, a… …

    Word origins

  • 34NEAT — Para el programa de búsqueda de asteroides, véase Near Earth Asteroid Tracking. NEAT es un lenguaje de programación de tipo ensamblador de NCR. Las iniciales de NEAT significan NCR´s Electronic Autocoding Technique. Este comenzó su evolución con… …

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  • 35neat — adj. neat in (neat in one s habits) * * * [niːt] neat in (neat in one s habits) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 36neat — {{11}}neat (adj.) 1540s, clean, free from dirt, from Anglo Fr. neit, M.Fr. net clear, pure (12c.), from L. nitidus well favored, elegant, trim, lit. gleaming, from nitere to shine, from PIE root *nei to shine (Cf. M.Ir. niam gleam, splendor,… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 37neat — 1. adj. 1 tidy and methodical. 2 elegantly simple in form etc.; well proportioned. 3 (of language, style, etc.) brief, clear, and pointed; epigrammatic. 4 a cleverly executed (a neat piece of work). b deft; dextrous. 5 (of esp. alcoholic liquor)… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 38neat — 1. noun /niːt/ a) A bull or cow (singular of cattle) b) (collective) Cattle. 2. adjective /niːt/ a) Clean, tidy; free from …

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  • 39NEAT — I NEAT   [Abk. für New Enhanced Advanced Technology, »Neue AT Erweiterung«], ein Chip Satz der Firma Chips & Technologies, der zur Beschleunigung von AT Rechnern (AT) mit den 16 bit Prozessoren 80286 und …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 40Neat — Recorded in a number of spellings including Natt, Neat, Kneath, Knath, and Neath, this is a rare Welsh locational surname. Rare not because it is not well recorded, but because it is locational, almost all Welsh surnames are patronymics such as… …

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