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UK
/nˈɛt/
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[ US /ˈnɛt/ ]
[ US /ˈnɛt/ ]
NOUN
- a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
- a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
VERB
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catch with a net
net a fish -
make as a net profit
The company cleared $1 million -
yield as a net profit
This sale netted me $1 million - construct or form a web, as if by weaving
ADJECTIVE
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conclusive in a process or progression
a last resort
the net result
the final answer -
remaining after all deductions
net profit
How To Use net In A Sentence
- They are essential atmospheric cladding which prevents the earth from becoming a frozen planet.
- The terrestrial planets in our solar system all have very specific spectroscopic fingerprints that tell us quite a bit about their atmospheres.
- Nonetheless, today's pic made me do a little bit of a double-take. Ryan Seacrest, Don Johnson And Larry King Are Three Amigos In Today’s Daily TwitPic » MTV Movies Blog
- So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?
- The net result of all these changes is that schools should be able to deliver a better service to pupils.
- For high-definition video, the umi needs an Internet connection that can send, or upload, data at 1.5 megabits per second, higher than that of typical DSL or cable services. Cisco Launches 'Umi' Telepresence Box To Turn TVs Into Videophones
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- Police claim to have dismantled 12 networks of traffickers so far this year. Times, Sunday Times
- Firm words , air shower and broadband are three major key products of the firm net operator.
- Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.
