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net

Pronunciation: /nɛt/

“net” is a Dutch word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. net (mesh)
  2. net (device for catching and trapping)
  3. television channel
  4. omentum, caul
  5. a network, especially the Internet

adjective

  1. clean, tidy
  2. decent, proper

adverb

  1. tidily, neatly
  2. decently, properly
  3. just, nearly, barely
  4. just recently, just now

Etymology

From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

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