neat
Pronunciation: /ˈniːt/
The English word “neat” has 15 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Free from contaminants or impurities, unadulterated.
- At full strength, free from dilution (usually with water), undiluted
- Neither straight up nor on the rocks
- Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
- Good, excellent, desirable; interesting; cool.
interjection
noun
- An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
- A bull or cow.
- Cattle collectively.
Etymology
From Middle English nete, net, nette, from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desirable, clean”), a variant of Old French net, nette (“clean, clear, pure”), from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”), derived from nitēre (“to shine”). Doublet of net and nitid. Cognate with German nett (“nice, kind”). Compare also nait.
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