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neat
CEFRB1
/ˈniːt/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Clean, orderly, and well arranged.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailConditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
Examples
No one is so poor that he cannot afford to be neat.
Keep your room neat and tidy.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
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- Parts of speech
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- Citations
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Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsFree from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
More examples
In contextShe kept her desk extremely neat.
My room is neat because I tidied it this morning. She has very neat hair.
1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 464-465, A cup of neate wine of Orleance, That never came neer the brewers of England.
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Origin
adjective
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.