| Sounds | neh't | |
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| Rhymes | abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht... | |
| Meaning | Remaining after all deductions. | |
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| Example | "net profit" | |
| Synonym | nett | |
| Narrower | clear | Clear of charges or deductions |
| take-home | (of salary or wages) remaining after all deductions including taxes | |
| Opposite | gross | Before any deductions |
| Catalan | net | |
| Meaning | conclusive in a process or progression. | |
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| Example | "the net result" | |
| Synonyms | final, last | |
| Broader | ultimate | furthest or highest in degree or order |
| Spanish | extremo, final, último | |
| Meaning | A computer network consisting of a worldwide / worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange. | |
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| Synonyms | internet, cyberspace | |
| Broader | computer network | (computer science) a network of computers |
| Meaning | A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects. | |
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| Narrower | brail | A small net used to draw fish into a boat |
| fishnet, fishing net | A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in | |
| Broader | trap | A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned |
| Catalan | xarxa | |
| Spanish | red | |
| Verbs | net | catch with a net |
| Meaning | A goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey / hockey). | |
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| Category | field hockey, hockey | A game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field |
| soccer, association football | A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal | |
| Narrower | cage | The net that is the goal in ice hockey |
| Broader | goal | game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game / game / game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points |
| Meaning | game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton. | |
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| Narrower | volleyball net | The high net that separates the two teams and over which the volleyball must pass |
| Broader | game equipment | equipment or apparatus used in playing a game / game / game |
| Catalan | xarxa | |
| Spanish | red | |
| Meaning | make as a net profit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | sack, sack up, clear | |
| Broader | profit, gain, benefit | derive a benefit from |
| Similar to | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction |
| net, clear | Yield as a net profit | |
| Meaning | Yield as a net profit. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This sale netted me $1 million" | |
| Synonym | clear | |
| Broader | yield, pay, bear | bring in |
| Similar to | net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit |
| Nouns | net | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
| Meaning | Construct or form a web, as if by weaving. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | web | |
| Broader | weave, tissue | create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton |
| Spanish | tejer | |
| Nouns | net | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals |
| netting | creating nets | |
| Meaning | catch with a net. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "net a fish" | |
| Synonym | nett | |
| Broader | catch, grab, take hold of | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of |
| Nouns | net | a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects |