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net en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”).

Meanings

  1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
    • a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net
  2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
    • Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
    • The nets have to be checked to make sure that they are not tangled up and therefore useless, and the carcasses of the dead sharks are removed. 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 190:
  4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
    • Petri net
  5. (broadly) A trap.
    • caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
    • A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs xxix:5:
  6. Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
  7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
  8. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. ▸ A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
  9. A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
    • Wigan had N'Zogbia sent off late on but Squillaci headed into his own net to give the home side a deserved point. 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:
    • The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
  10. A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
  11. (broadly) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).

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Deriveds

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landing net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · matternet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · nothing but net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · nerf net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · torpedo net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · bramble net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netphone (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netsurfing (Terms derived from net (noun)) · Netlish (Terms derived from net (noun)) · ghost net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · cast net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · garden net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · casting-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · scap-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netpost (Terms derived from net (noun)) · tooth net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · shopping net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · doubles net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · set-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net ball (Terms derived from net (noun)) · mosquito net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · darknet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · back of the net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · hypernet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · all is fish that comes to the net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netcentric (Terms derived from net (noun)) · beard net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netlore (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netburp (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net gun (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-neutral (Terms derived from net (noun)) · tangle net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netlist (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netbook (Terms derived from net (noun)) · malaria net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · hairnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netlabel (Terms derived from net (noun)) · cargo net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · empty-net goal (Terms derived from net (noun)) · suicide net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netsurf (Terms derived from net (noun)) · dip net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netwar (Terms derived from net (noun)) · African net sponge (Terms derived from net (noun)) · cast one's net wider (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-like (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netwide (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netnews (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netboot (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-leaved willow (Terms derived from net (noun)) · micronet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netzine (Terms derived from net (noun)) · life net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · empty net goal (Terms derived from net (noun)) · fyke-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-raising (Terms derived from net (noun)) · Wulff net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net curtain (Terms derived from net (noun)) · undernet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · supernet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · find the net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netcode (Terms derived from net (noun)) · newsnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netmail (Terms derived from net (noun)) · Petri net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net run rate (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-winged (Terms derived from net (noun)) · slip through the net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net neutrality (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netmask (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net layer (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netback (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netfic (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-leaved poison (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netlike (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netspeak (Terms derived from net (noun)) · sweep net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · all's fish that comes to the net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netname (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netmaking (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netroots (Terms derived from net (noun)) · semantic net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · nerve net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · multinet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · pocket net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · cast one's net wide (Terms derived from net (noun)) · wordnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · innernet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · stereonet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · drift net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · gillnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · townet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · Apollonian net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · wolf net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netsman (Terms derived from net (noun)) · drag-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · dilly net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netslang (Terms derived from net (noun)) · purse net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · Ethernet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netster (Terms derived from net (noun)) · geonet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · singles net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netlag (Terms derived from net (noun)) · water net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · supranet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · keepnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net deck (Terms derived from net (noun)) · halal net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · clap net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · push net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netmaker (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netplay (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netsurfer (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-deck (Terms derived from net (noun)) · lift net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · stakenet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · cast one's net far and wide (Terms derived from net (noun)) · intranet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · turtle-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netpicker (Terms derived from net (noun)) · mist net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · nettop (Terms derived from net (noun)) · flynet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · overnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net blotch (Terms derived from net (noun)) · day-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · trawlnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · piconet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netgame (Terms derived from net (noun)) · nanonet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netcam (Terms derived from net (noun)) · hockey net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · butterfly net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · fold net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · Freenet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netbank (Terms derived from net (noun)) · scramble net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · spread one's net wide (Terms derived from net (noun)) · bobbinet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · social safety net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · hit the net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · fyke net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netting (Terms derived from net (noun)) · camouflage net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · hand net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · nethead (Terms derived from net (noun)) · network (Terms derived from net (noun)) · drawnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netpicking (Terms derived from net (noun)) · sneakernet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · hare net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · fishing net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netblock (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netman (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netball (Terms derived from net (noun)) · dragnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net-veined (Terms derived from net (noun)) · thinnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · bow net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netsplit (Terms derived from net (noun)) · bodynet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netload (Terms derived from net (noun)) · string-net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · thicknet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netaholic (Terms derived from net (noun)) · bednet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netspace (Terms derived from net (noun)) · cheapernet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net art (Terms derived from net (noun)) · haynet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netcop (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netsex (Terms derived from net (noun)) · spring net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netgamer (Terms derived from net (noun)) · nettable (Terms derived from net (noun)) · net call sign (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netminder (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netkeeper (Terms derived from net (noun)) · midge net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · point net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netleaf (Terms derived from net (noun)) · honeynet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · lave net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · subnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · extranet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · safety net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · Brussels net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netgoth (Terms derived from net (noun)) · casting net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netcronym (Terms derived from net (noun)) · fishnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · shark net (Terms derived from net (noun)) · botnet (Terms derived from net (noun)) · netnography (Terms derived from net (noun)) · shrimp net (Terms derived from net (noun))

Synonyms

trap · reticulation (anything that has the appearance of a net) · snare (figurative: a trap) · network (in computing) · network (mesh) · development (in geometry) · mesh (mesh)

Translations (399)

ca xarxa (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · th ตาข่าย (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tg тӯр (mesh of string, cord or rope) · az tor (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ps جال (mesh of string, cord or rope) · el δίχτυ (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · da vod (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · dsb seś (mesh of string, cord or rope) · el βρόγχος (interconnecting system) · pt rede (interconnecting system) · fa تور (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sl mreža (figurative: trap) · fo net (interconnecting system) · niv кʼе (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · te వల (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · de Netz (anything that has the appearance of a net) · ur جال (mesh of string, cord or rope) · zza feq (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · te వల (figurative: trap) · da net (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ltg teiklys (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · nl net (device for trapping something) · he רֶשֶׁת (device for trapping something) · lt tinklas (mesh of string, cord or rope) · hi जाल (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · cs síť (interconnecting system) · pl siatka (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · lb Netz (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ru сеть (mesh of string, cord or rope) · wmw nyavu (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ru сеть (anything that has the appearance of a net) · el δίκτυο (interconnecting system) · ist ridi (mesh of string, cord or rope) · th ตาข่าย (device for trapping something) · sh мре̏жа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ca xarxa (interconnecting system) · cs síť (figurative: trap) · uz toʻr (mesh of string, cord or rope) · be мярэ́жа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · my ကွန် (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ckb داو (device for trapping something) · ta வலை (mesh of string, cord or rope) · nn nett (mesh of string, cord or rope) · mk мрежа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ltg obors (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · lld rei (mesh of string, cord or rope) · nb nett (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ty ʻupeʻa (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · km ថ្នង (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · mi kupenga (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · pms rei (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ja ネットワーク (interconnecting system) · alt тор (mesh of string, cord or rope) · oj asab (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · zh 展開圖 /展开图 (geometry: set of joined polygons) · br roued (mesh of string, cord or rope) · is net (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ko 전개도 (geometry: set of joined polygons) · lb Netz (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · uk мере́жа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ru се́тка (mesh of string, cord or rope) · cs síť (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · fur rêt (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ja 連絡網 (interconnecting system) · enm nett (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ccc rete (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ml വല (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · got 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fi verkko (interconnecting system) · fr réseau (interconnecting system) · sk sieť (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ja(device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ca xarxa (mesh of string, cord or rope) · it rete (interconnecting system) · ota شبكه (mesh of string, cord or rope) · nl net (anything that has the appearance of a net) · hu háló (figurative: trap) · km សឹង (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · zh 球網 /球网 (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · et võrk (mesh of string, cord or rope) · es red (figurative: trap) · grc δίκτυον (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · sq mrezhë (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sw kiandarua (device for trapping something) · bn জাল (geometry: set of joined polygons) · km វាគុរា (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · eo reto (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · bo དྲ་བ (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · yi נעץ (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sq rrjetë (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pt rede (anything that has the appearance of a net) · ar شبكة (mesh of string, cord or rope) · el απόχη (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · zh 網路 /网路 (interconnecting system) · lv tīkls (device for trapping something) · ru сеть (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · tsg pukut (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · gl rede (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · ka ქსელი (mesh of string, cord or rope) · nl valstrik (figurative: trap) · ota دام (mesh of string, cord or rope) · agj መርብ (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ka ბადე (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · csm wajá·ka- (mesh of string, cord or rope) · km បណ្ដាញ (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ko 네트 (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · mi raumata (geometry: set of joined polygons) · nl val (figurative: trap) · nap rezza (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fi verkko (geometry: set of joined polygons) · lv tīkls (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ko 그물 (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ti መርበብ (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · es red (mesh of string, cord or rope) · th แห (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · pl sieć (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · mn цэвэр (mesh of string, cord or rope) · bn জাল (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fa شَبَکِه (interconnecting system) · sl mreža (interconnecting system) · mi pāhao (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · es almadraba (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ro rețea (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ga eangach (interconnecting system) · hi जाल (mesh of string, cord or rope) · vi mùng (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · he רֶשֶׁת (mesh of string, cord or rope) · hu net (interconnecting system) · got 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · hy ցանց (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fi verkot (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · ms jaring (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ar شبكة (mesh of string, cord or rope) · zza thor (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · cu сѣть (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tr(mesh of string, cord or rope) · ru развёртка (geometry: set of joined polygons) · oc ret (mesh of string, cord or rope) · es net (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · el δίχτυ (mesh of string, cord or rope) · el βρόγχος (mesh of string, cord or rope) · nds Nett (mesh of string, cord or rope) · lt tinklas (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · fi verkko (anything that has the appearance of a net) · fi verkko (device for trapping something) · sv nät (device for trapping something) · hu háló (anything that has the appearance of a net) · vi lưới (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · de Netz (figurative: trap) · fa تور (device for trapping something) · kk тор (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pt planificação (geometry: set of joined polygons) · tr(device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · bg мре́жа (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · hu háló (mesh of string, cord or rope) · gl rede (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · he רֶשֶׁת (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · haw ʻupena (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · la rete (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · alt уу (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sv nät (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · bg мре́жа (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · sq rrjetë (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · zh 網絡 /网络 (interconnecting system) · el ανάπτυγμα (geometry: set of joined polygons) · sw wavu (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ko 그물 (mesh of string, cord or rope) · rif trašša (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ar شَبَكَة (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · vi mạng (mesh of string, cord or rope) · da garn (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · stq Nät (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · th ตาข่าย (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ar شبكة (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · he רֶשֶׁת (interconnecting system) · cy rhwyd (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · nrf filet (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · de Netz (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tr şebeke (mesh of string, cord or rope) · km មុង (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · yue 展開圖 /展开图 (geometry: set of joined polygons) · ext redi (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fa شَبَکِه (mesh of string, cord or rope) · yue 網 /网 (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · es desarollo (geometry: set of joined polygons) · sl mreža (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ang net (mesh of string, cord or rope) · nl strikken (figurative: trap) · gl rede (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pl sieć (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fi verkko (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · fr développement (geometry: set of joined polygons) · ga eangach (mesh of string, cord or rope) · zza feq (figurative: trap) · hu háló (device for trapping something) · ug تور (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ru се́тка (anything that has the appearance of a net) · ca xarxa (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · ta வலை (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ca xarxa (figurative: trap) · fr filet (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ko 네트워크 (interconnecting system) · he רֶשֶׁת (anything that has the appearance of a net) · tr file (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · pt rede (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · ota آغ (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pt malha (mesh of string, cord or rope) · nay kandari (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · nci mātlatl (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ca malla (figurative: trap) · he רֶשֶׁת (figurative: trap) · ar شبكة (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ar شبكة (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sw kiandarua (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pl sieć (figurative: trap) · la rēte (mesh of string, cord or rope) · el πλέγμα (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pt rede (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · gl rede (interconnecting system) · ce ов (mesh of string, cord or rope) · mnc ᠠᠰᡠ (mesh of string, cord or rope) · hy ցանց (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · az şəbəkə (interconnecting system) · zh 網 /网 (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · zza thor (device for trapping something) · ru мре́жа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pt rede (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · bg мре́жа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tg шабака (interconnecting system) · sl mreža (device for trapping something) · de Netz (interconnecting system) · is net (figurative: trap) · am መርብ (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · nl netwerk (interconnecting system) · ro rețea (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · nb nett (interconnecting system) · ca xarxa (anything that has the appearance of a net) · eu sare (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · sv nät (mesh of string, cord or rope) · de Netz (geometry: set of joined polygons) · lv tīkls (interconnecting system) · uk сіть (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tg шабака (mesh of string, cord or rope) · cs síť (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tr(sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · mi kete pāhau (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · kk ау (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · fi verkko (figurative: trap) · kk ау (mesh of string, cord or rope) · bg капа́н (figurative: trap) · th ข่าย (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ko(mesh of string, cord or rope) · es red (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ru сеть (interconnecting system) · stq Nät (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ckb داو (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ar شَبَكَة (interconnecting system) · dsb seś (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · nl net (mesh of string, cord or rope) · lv tīkls (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · it rete (figurative: trap) · fo garn (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · th อวน (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · id jaring (mesh of string, cord or rope) · th ตาข่าย (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · sw kiandarua (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · uk сі́тка (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · sh мре̏жа (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · nl net (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · lo ຂ່າຍ (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ojb asab (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fi haavi (device for trapping something) · pt rede (device for trapping something) · sq rrjet (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sh mrȅža (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · mi kupenga (device for trapping something) · zza feq (device for trapping something) · lt išklotinė (geometry: set of joined polygons) · it retino (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · lb Netz (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · es red (interconnecting system) · ru капка́н (figurative: trap) · pl sieć (device for trapping something) · mi kete tīhao (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · pl siatka (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · gl rede (figurative: trap) · lb Netz (interconnecting system) · gl rede (device for trapping something) · tr şebeke (interconnecting system) · ps تور (mesh of string, cord or rope) · bg мре́жа (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · pl siatka wielościanu (geometry: set of joined polygons) · an rete (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sl mreža (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · gl rede (anything that has the appearance of a net) · cs síť (anything that has the appearance of a net) · ga eangach (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · uk сі́тка (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ja ネット (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · sw kiandarua (figurative: trap) · it rete (mesh of string, cord or rope) · el δίχτυ (figurative: trap) · ota طور (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · th ตาข่าย (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · ru се́ти (figurative: trap) · oj asab (mesh of string, cord or rope) · be се́тка (mesh of string, cord or rope) · lld rei (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · zza thor (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pl siatka (mesh of string, cord or rope) · niv кʼе (mesh of string, cord or rope) · te వల (mesh of string, cord or rope) · sm ʻupega (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ms pukat (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · bg мре́жа (device for trapping something) · kw ruz (mesh of string, cord or rope) · orv сѣть (mesh of string, cord or rope) · eo reto (interconnecting system) · mr जाळे (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ca xarxa (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · be сець (mesh of string, cord or rope) · eu sare (mesh of string, cord or rope) · syl ꠎꠣꠟ (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · la plaga (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · el δίχτυωτό (anything that has the appearance of a net) · yue 網 /网 (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ar شَبَكَة (mesh of string, cord or rope) · cy rhwyd (mesh of string, cord or rope) · eo reto (mesh of string, cord or rope) · cu мрѣжа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ja 展開図 (geometry: set of joined polygons) · hu háló (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · sh mrȅža (mesh of string, cord or rope) · mi mātiratira (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · th เน็ต (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · it sviluppo (geometry: set of joined polygons) · tr file (sports: mesh-backed framework as goal — see also goal) · de Netz (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · pl sieć (anything that has the appearance of a net) · ro plasă (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ms jala (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · sl omrežje (interconnecting system) · mg tetitsipika (interconnecting system) · it rete (anything that has the appearance of a net) · fo net (mesh of string, cord or rope) · vi lưới (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ru се́тка (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · ach ohwoo (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · pl siatka (anything that has the appearance of a net) · fa تور (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · pl sieć (interconnecting system) · as জাল (mesh of string, cord or rope) · mt xibka (mesh of string, cord or rope) · zh 網 /网 (mesh of string, cord or rope) · th มุ้ง (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · hy ցանց (device for trapping something) · non net (mesh of string, cord or rope) · hy ցանց (interconnecting system) · yi נעץ (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ky тор (mesh of string, cord or rope) · io reto (interconnecting system) · da net (interconnecting system) · fy net (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ru сеть (device for trapping something) · uk сі́тка (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · is net (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · gl rede (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · ltg bradīņs (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · fur rêt (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tk tor (mesh of string, cord or rope) · tr(sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · grc δίκτυον (mesh of string, cord or rope) · is net (interconnecting system) · sa जाल (mesh of string, cord or rope) · lt grynas (mesh of string, cord or rope) · vec rede (mesh of string, cord or rope) · ca desenvolupament (geometry: set of joined polygons) · fr filet (mesh of string, cord or rope) · es jábega (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · fi verkko (mesh of string, cord or rope) · dsb seś (device for trapping something) · ms sirat (mesh of string, cord or rope) · it rete (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · is net (device for trapping something) · nl net (interconnecting system) · ru мерёжа (mesh of string, cord or rope) · pt rede (figurative: trap) · es jábeca (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · ja(mesh of string, cord or rope) · th สวิง (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · lb Netz (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · sv nät (interconnecting system) · sl mreža (anything that has the appearance of a net) · fi haavi (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.) · zza thor (interconnecting system) · mn тор (mesh of string, cord or rope) · egy Sn:n-nw-w-V6 (mesh of string, cord or rope) · fi verkko (sports: mesh stretched to divide the court) · fo nót (device for catching fish, butterflies etc.)

wikidata: Q986291

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net en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
    • And now I am here, netted and in the toils. 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
  3. To enclose or cover with a net.
    • Net the cherry trees to keep birds out.
    • Old Yew, which graspest at the stones ⁠That name the under-lying dead, ⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto II”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
  4. (transitive) To score (a goal).
    • Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross. 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves:
    • Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
  5. To hit the ball into the net.
    • Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand. 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport:
  6. To form a netting or network; to knit.
    • I was shown into a pretty but rather close drawing-room, and there sat Agnes, netting a purse. 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

Forms

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netted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
netted Tense=Past lexicographic
netting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

internetted · cast-net · internet · internetting · benet

Synonyms

ensnare (to trap) · snare (to trap) · entrap (to trap) · trap (to trap) · catch (catch by means of a net) · catch (to trap)

Translations (23)

it impigliare in una rete (catch by means of a net) · de mit einem Netz fangen (catch by means of a net) · it intrappolare con una rete (catch by means of a net) · pt enredar (catch by means of a net) · he תפס (figurative: to catch in a trap) · gl redar (catch by means of a net) · ota طورلامق (catch by means of a net) · ro a prinde cu o rețea (catch by means of a net) · mi hao (catch by means of a net) · mi pāhao (catch by means of a net) · fi pyydystää verkkoon (figurative: to catch in a trap) · ia attrappar con un rete (catch by means of a net) · he תפס (catch by means of a net) · sw kiandarua (catch by means of a net) · fi pyydystää verkolla (catch by means of a net) · bg хващам с мрежа (catch by means of a net) · sw kiandarua (figurative: to catch in a trap) · fi haavia (catch by means of a net) · fi kalastaa verkoilla (catch by means of a net) · it irretire (catch by means of a net) · fi pyytää verkolla (catch by means of a net) · tr torlamak (catch by means of a net) · fi saada verkkoon (figurative: to catch in a trap)

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net en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
    • net wine
  2. (not-comparable) Remaining after expenses or deductions.
    • "How much energy did you gain from those attacks verses^([sic – meaning versus]) how much did you use to heal?" "It was a small net loss. Close enough that I basically broke even. The nose hurt more, but the knee required more energy to put back together." 2021 August 30, Dave Barrack, Grrl Power (webcomic), Grrl Power #975 – Cheap kick:
    • Near-synonym: take-home
    • net profit; net weight
  3. (not-comparable) Final; end.
    • net result; net conclusion
  4. (not-comparable, obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
    • Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

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nett alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

gross

Deriveds

net zero (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net loss (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net present value (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net register ton (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net-net (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net ionic equation (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net force (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net importer (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · denet (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net lease (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net migration (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net exporter (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net earnings (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · netput (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net metering (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net margin (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net tangible assets (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net operating loss (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net profit (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net net (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net pay (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net income (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net magnetization vector (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net worth (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net operating income (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net sales (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net weight (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net-zero (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final) · net wt. (Terms derived from net (adjective) after expenses; final)

Synonyms

take-home · clear

Translations (35)

fi puhdas (remaining after expenses or deductions) · hu nettó (remaining after expenses or deductions) · sl neto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · th สุทธิ (remaining after expenses or deductions) · uk чи́стий (remaining after expenses or deductions) · it finale (final) · he סופי (final) · fi loppu- (final) · it netto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · nl finaal (final) · nn netto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · ca net (remaining after expenses or deductions) · pt final (final) · hu vég (final) · zh 淨 /净 (remaining after expenses or deductions) · es neto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · pt líquido (remaining after expenses or deductions) · nl uiteindelijk (final) · de Netto- (remaining after expenses or deductions) · he נקי (remaining after expenses or deductions) · fr net (remaining after expenses or deductions) · is nettó (remaining after expenses or deductions) · pl netto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · fi netto- (remaining after expenses or deductions) · hu végső (final) · nl netto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · nb netto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · ru чи́стый (remaining after expenses or deductions) · da netto (remaining after expenses or deductions) · bg нетен (remaining after expenses or deductions) · fi lopullinen (final) · eo neta (remaining after expenses or deductions) · es líquido (remaining after expenses or deductions) · ja 正味 (remaining after expenses or deductions) · gd lom (remaining after expenses or deductions)

net en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) After expenses or deductions.
    • You'll have $5000 net.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nett alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

net net

Translations (6)

ru нетто (after expenses or deductions) · nb netto (after expenses or deductions) · bg нето (after expenses or deductions) · de netto (after expenses or deductions) · da netto (after expenses or deductions) · nn netto (after expenses or deductions)

net en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.

Meanings

  1. The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
    • The net on that container was only fourteen tons.
    • Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nett alternative lexicographic
nets Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

gross

Deriveds

net-net · on net · net net

Relateds

suttle · tare · tret

Translations (15)

pt lucro (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · sv netto (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · mi tapeke (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · bg нето (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · ro net (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · el καθάρο κέρδος (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · he נטו (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · ro netă (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · ia saldo (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · fi netto (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · nl netto (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · pt saldo (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · fr net (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · de Netto (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit) · he רווח נקי (The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit)

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net en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Doublet of neat and nitid.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To receive as profit.
    • The company nets $30 on every sale.
  2. (transitive) To yield as profit for.
    • The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
  3. To fully hedge a position.
    • Every party is netting their position with a counter-party.

Forms

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nett alternative lexicographic
netting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
netted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
netted Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

net out

Translations (11)

pt lucrar (receive as profit) · nl netto vangen (receive as profit) · nl netto verdienen (receive as profit) · ro lucra (receive as profit) · de netto verdienen (receive as profit) · ia lucrar (receive as profit) · fi voittaa (receive as profit) · ro câștiga (receive as profit) · fi netota (receive as profit) · he הרוויח (receive as profit) · ru зарабатывать (receive as profit)

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net en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nettoyer (“to cleanse”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) To clean, wash, rinse.

Forms

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netting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
netted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
netted Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

netting

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net en · INTJ · etymology 4

Etymology

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of nyet.
    alt of nyet
    • But how could she ever meet him since he was half way around the world, a Visa was $175, and the plane trip to Moscow was $298. After all, she only made $90 a month. […] Net! Net! Net! She cried and buried her head into her pillow. Net! Net! Net! She spoke the muffled words into her pillow as she hit her fist upon the bed. 2009, Stephen A. Phillips, “The Visa”, in From Moscow with Love, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 57:
    • They thought I wasted their money, their food. Their husbands! Net! 2018, Katherine Johnson, chapter 2, in Matryoshka, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ventura Press, →ISBN:
    • Communist propaganda has created for Russia a reputation of a “peace-loving” power which it values. It cannot, therefore, afford to say net to any and every Western proposal. 1971, Bulletin, Munich: Institute for the Study of the USSR, →OCLC, page 29:
    • He asked me what nationality I was, and I replied, “American.” / “Net, net,” he cried. “What nationality?” 1995, William Minor, “The Ukraine, in Joy and Sorrow”, in Unzipped Souls: A Jazz Journey through the Soviet Union, Philadlephia, Pa.: Temple University Press, →ISBN, part 3 (Leningrad and the Republics), page 160:
    • The idea to buy Soviet art was born around 1985, however it took three years to overcome problems, starting with both government USSR and USA both say net. That was predictable. It was during the cold war. The Russians were viewed as the enemy and vice versa. 2001, ArtChronika, numbers 1–3, Moscow, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81, column 1:
    • Then he heard Molotov say “net” several times, after which he reverted back to “da.” Curious as to how Molotov had the courage to say “no” to Stalin, he asked Molotov about their conversation and what questions Molotov was replying “no” to. 2012, Albert Joseph, “Politics”, in Humor Hardly Hurts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 70:
    • Sal. Russia says ‘net’ to border deal / / The Baltic Times. – 1997. 1998, Tālavs Jundzis, editor, Baltijas valstis likten̦griežos: Politiskas, ekonomiskas un tiesiskas starptautiskās sadarbības problēmas uz XXI gadu simten̦a sliekšn̦a […] (overall work in Latvian), Riga: Latvijas Zinātn̦u akadēmija, →ISBN, page 454:
    • Or again, the Russian Government may now take a poor view of publicizing rumours of Snowmen being sighted within their own frontiers. They may prefer to say Net to the prospect of dealing with inquiring foreigners who might ask for permission to go rampaging for footprints and sightings all over their mountains. 1961, Odette Tchernine, “The Russians Investigate”, in The Snowman and Company, London: Robert Hale, →OCLC, page 59:
    • Then as now this impersonal vastness was the public face of Russia. Its voice, if it had one, intoned an unmistakable Net. And all the canals and looking-glass mansions, in their courtly but firm way, were saying Net too. 1983, Colin Thubron, “Leningrad”, in Among the Russians, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, page 74:

Relateds

net and rouf