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- DictionaryNeat/nēt/
adjective
- 1. (of a place or thing) arranged in an orderly, tidy way: "the books had been stacked up in neat piles"
- 2. done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency: "Howard's neat, precise tackling"
1. a. Orderly and clean; tidy: a neat office; a neat desk. b. Habitually tidy or well-organized: was lucky to have a neat roommate. 2. Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit: a neat turn of phrase. 3. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: neat whiskey. 4. Left after all deductions; net: neat profit. 5.
free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed. “the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife”. synonyms: clean. adroit. quick or skillful or adept in action or thought. adjective. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming. “a neat style”. “a neat set of rules”.
1. [ neet ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. adjective. , neat·er, neat·est. in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room. Synonyms: smart, spruce. Antonyms: sloppy. habitually orderly and clean in appearance or habits: a neat person. of a simple, pleasing appearance, style, design, etc.: a neat cottage.
adjective. /niːt/ (comparative neater, superlative neatest) tidy and in order; carefully done or arranged. She kept her desk extremely neat. You've got very neat handwriting! neat rows of books. She was wearing a neat black suit. They sat in her neat and tidy kitchen. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
habitually orderly and clean in appearance or habits: a neat person. of a simple, pleasing appearance, style, design, etc.: a neat cottage. cleverly effective in character or execution: a neat scheme;a neat solution. Slang.
Apr 20, 2024 · 1. adjective. A neat place, thing, or person is organized and clean, and has everything in the correct place. So they left her in the neat little house, alone with her memories. Everything was neat and tidy and gleamingly clean. Synonyms: tidy, nice, straight, trim More Synonyms of neat. neatly adverb [ADV with v]
B1. tidy and clean: He always looks very neat and tidy. neat adjective (GOOD) good: That's really neat. What a neat idea. neat adjective (ALCOHOL) A neat alcoholic drink is drunk on its own, and not mixed with any other liquid. (Definition of neat from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of neat.
