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Definition neat

Etymology 1

From Middle English *nete, net, nette (> Modern net "after deductions, unadulterated"), from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desireable, clean”), a variant of Old French net, nette ("clean, clear, pure"; from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”), from nite? (“I shine”)).

Adjective

neat (comparative neater, superlative neatest)

  1. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
  2. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
  3. (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
  4. (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
  5. Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
  6. Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
  7. (Canada, US, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable.
Noun

neat (plural neats)

  1. (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.

Etymology 2

From Middle English nete, neat, from Old English n?at (“animal, beast, ox, cow, cattle”), from Proto-Germanic *naut? (“foredeal, profit, property, livestock”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”). Cognate with Dutch noot (“cow, cattle”, in compounds), dialectal German Noß (“livestock”), Alemannic German Nooss (“young sheep or goat”), Swedish nöt (“cattle”), Icelandic naut (“cattle, bull”) and Faroese neyt (“cattle”) More at note.

Noun

neat (plural neat)

  1. (archaic) A bull or cow.
  2. (archaic) Cattle collectively.

Results 231 Words with the letters NEAT

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6 letter words with the letters NEAT ↑
ABSENT 10
ACCENT 13
ACETIN 10
ADNATE 8
ADVENT 12
AGENTS 9
AGNATE 9
AMENTS 10
ANENST 8
ANKLET 12
ANSATE 7
ANTEED 8
ANTHEM 12
ANTHER 9
ANTLER 8
ANTRES 7
ARDENT 8
ARGENT 9
ARPENT 10
ASCENT 10
ASSENT 7
ASTERN 7
ATONED 8
ATONER 7
ATONES 7
ATTEND 8
ATTENT 7
ATTUNE 8
ATWEEN 10
AUNTIE 8
BANNET 11
BANTER 10
BATMEN 13
BATTEN 10
BEATEN 10
BEZANT 19
BINATE 10
BUTANE 11
CADENT 11
CANTED 11
CANTER 10
CANTLE 11
CARNET 10
CATENA 10
CENTAL 11
CENTRA 10
CETANE 10
DECANT 11
DENTAL 9
DETAIN 8
DONATE 8
EATING 9
ELUANT 9
ENACTS 10
ENATES 7
ENATIC 10
ENRAPT 10
ENTAIL 8
ENTERA 7
ENTRAP 10
ERRANT 7
ETALON 8
ETAMIN 10
ETHANE 9
EXTANT 14
FANJET 19
FASTEN 10
FATTEN 10
GANNET 10
GARNET 9
GELANT 10
HANTED 10
HANTLE 10
HAPTEN 12
HASTEN 9
HETMAN 12
INGATE 9
INMATE 10
INNATE 8
INTAKE 11
LAMENT 11
LANATE 8
LANCET 11
LATEEN 8
LATENS 8
LATENT 8
LATTEN 8
LEARNT 8
LEVANT 12
LUNATE 9
MAGNET 12
MANTEL 11
MANTES 10
MANTLE 11
MARTEN 10
MENTAL 11
NATIVE 11
NATTER 7
NATURE 8
NEATEN 8
NEATER 7
NEATLY 10
NECTAR 10
NEGATE 9
NOTATE 7
NUTATE 8
OCTANE 10
OMENTA 10
ORNATE 7
PANTED 11
PANTIE 10
PARENT 10
PATENS 10
PATENT 10
PATINE 10
PATTEN 10
PEANUT 11
PEDANT 11
PENTAD 11
PETNAP 13
PINETA 10
PLANET 11
PLATEN 11
RANTED 8
RANTER 7
RATINE 7
RATTEN 7
RECANT 10
RENTAL 8
RETAIN 7
RETINA 7
SANEST 7
SATEEN 7
SECANT 10
SEJANT 16
SENATE 7
SEXTAN 14
SNATHE 9
STAMEN 10
STANCE 10
STANED 8
STANES 7
STERNA 7
TAENIA 7
TALENT 8
TAMEIN 10
TANDEM 11
TANGED 10
TANGLE 10
TANKED 12
TANKER 11
TANNED 9
TANNER 8
TANREC 10
TAUTEN 8
TAVERN 11
TAWNEY 12
TAXMEN 17
TENACE 10
TENAIL 8
TENANT 8
TENIAE 7
TENIAS 7
TEOPAN 10
TETANY 9
THANES 9
THENAL 10
THENAR 9
TINEAL 8
TINEAS 7
TISANE 7
TOLANE 8
TRANCE 10
TREPAN 10
UNSEAT 8
UNTAME 11
WANTED 11
WANTER 10
YENTAS 9
ZEATIN 16
ZONATE 16
5 letter words with the letters NEAT ↑
AGENT 8
AMENT 9
ANENT 7
ANTAE 6
ANTED 7
ANTES 6
ANTRE 6
ATONE 6
EATEN 6
ENACT 9
ENATE 6
ENTIA 6
ETNAS 6
LATEN 7
LEANT 7
MEANT 9
MENTA 9
NATES 6
NEATH 8
NEATS 6
OATEN 6
PATEN 9
STANE 6
TAKEN 10
TENIA 6
THANE 8
TINEA 6
YENTA 8
4 letter words with the letters NEAT ↑
ANTE 5
ETNA 5
NEAT 5
3 letter words with the letters NEAT ↑
ANE 4
ANT 4
ATE 3
EAT 3
ETA 3
NAE 4
NET 4
TAE 3
TAN 4
TEA 3
TEN 4
2 letter words with the letters NEAT ↑
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NA 3
NE 3
TA 2

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