Search results
- Dictionaryneat/niːt/
adjective
- 1. arranged in a tidy way; in good order: "the books had been stacked up in neat piles" Similar Opposite
- 2. done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency: "a neat bit of deduction" Similar Opposite
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
NEAT definition: 1. tidy, with everything in its place: 2. Neat people like to keep themselves, their house, and…. Learn more.
1. : free from dirt and disorder : habitually clean and orderly. kept her room neat. 2. a. : marked by skill or ingenuity : adroit. a neat trick. b. : precise, systematic. mathematics … retains the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife Bertrand Russell. 3.
Neat definition: in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition. See examples of NEAT used in a sentence.
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.
A neat place, thing, or person is tidy and smart, and has everything in the correct place. So they left her in the neat little house, alone with her memories. She undressed and put her wet clothes in a neat pile in the corner. ...a girl in a neat grey flannel suit. Everything was neat and tidy and gleamingly clean.
Definition of neat adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you're neat, you're clean and tidy. A neat roommate is usually easier to live with than a sloppy one. And a neat mustache is probably better than a big bushy one.
Noun. Filter. adjective. neatest, neater. Unmixed with anything; undiluted; straight. Webster's New World. Habitually tidy or well-organized. Was lucky to have a neat roommate. American Heritage. Clean and in good order; trim; tidy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Characterized by tidiness, skill, and precision. A neat worker.
NEAT definition: 1. tidy and clean: 2. good: 3. A neat alcoholic drink is drunk on its own, and not mixed with any…. Learn more.
neat. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Drink neat /niːt/ S2 adjective 1 tidy tidy and carefully arranged neat handwriting His clothes were always neat and clean. Everything in the house was neat and tidy.
