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Definition of 'Neat'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) neat
in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition:
a neat room.

2.  neat
habitually orderly and clean in personal appearance or habits.

3.  neat
having a trim and graceful appearance, contour, style, etc.:
a neat figure.

4.  neat
cleverly effective; skillful; adroit:
a neat solution.

5.  neat
Slang. great; wonderful; fine:
What a neat car!

6. (adv.) neat
Informal. neatly.

7. (n.) neat
a bovine, as a cow or ox.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME net(e), OE nēat, c. OFris

Definition of 'Neat'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) neat, orderly
clean or organized
"her neat dress"; "a neat room"

2. (adj) neat
showing care in execution
"neat homework"; "neat handwriting"

3. (adj) neat, refined, tasteful
free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
"a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"

4. (adj) clean, neat
free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
"he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"

5. (adj) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

6. (adj) neat, straight, full-strength
without water
"took his whiskey neat"

Definition of 'Neat'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) neat
organized, careful, and not messy
The room was neat and clean.; neat handwriting

2.  neat
(of a person) liking things to be organized and not messy
She's not very neat.

3.  neat
very good or well done
some neat pictures of the event; What a neat way of saying "thank you!"; It was neat to see the family reunited.

4.  neat
simple and without anything unnecessary
a neat solution to the problem; Everything was put away neatly.; They solved the problem very neatly.

Definition of 'Neat'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Neat
free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy

2. (adj) Neat
free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress

3. (adj) Neat
free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy

4. (adj) Neat
excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief

5. (adj) Neat
with all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]

6. (noun) Neat
of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle

7. Neat
cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot

Translation of 'Neat'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: tidy; well-ordered, with everything in the right place a neat house; She is very neat and tidy.
Afrikaans: netjies	Arabic: مُرَتَّب ، أنيق	Bulgarian: подреден
Brazilian: arrumado	Czech: uklizený, čistý; elegantn	German: nett
Danish: ordentlig	Greek: τακτοποιημένος	Spanish: pulcro, ordenado
Estonian: puhas	Farsi: مرتب	Finnish: siisti
French: propre, bien tenu	Hebrew: נָקִי, מְסוּדָר	Hindi: स्वच्छ, साफ
Croatian: uredan	Hungarian: takaros	Indonesian: rapi
Icelandic: snyrtilegur	Italian: preciso, ordinato	Japanese: きちんとした
Korean: 말끔한	Lithuanian: švarus, tvarkingas	Latvian: tīrs; kārtīgs
Malay: kemas	Dutch: netjes	Norwegian: ryddig, ordentlig, pyntel
Polish: schludny	Persian: مرتب	Pashto: په ترتيب كښى
Portuguese: arrumado	Romanian: curat,îngrijit	Russian: опрятный; аккуратный
Slovak: čistý, úhľadný	Slovenian: urejen	Serbian: uredan
Swedish: prydlig, proper, vårdad	Thai: เรียบร้อย	Turkish: düzenli, tertipli
Taiwanese: 乾淨整齊的	Ukrainian: чистий, охайний	Urdu: صاف ستھرا
Vietnamese: gọn gàng	Chinese: 整洁的，整齐的，利索的
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