Meaning

2 senses

  1. Used to signify a job well done.

  2. Used to signify approval.

Examples

123 sentences

  1. Keep your room as neat as you can.

    Підтримуй свою кімнату у максимальному порядку. — deniko

    ruПоддерживай в своей комнате как можно лучший порядок. — Hellerick

    deHaltet euer Zimmer so sauber wie möglich. — Zaghawa

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  2. Tom isn't very neat.

    Том не дуже охайний. — miketheknight

    deTom ist nicht sehr gepflegt. — wolfgangth

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  3. Tom is neat, isn't he?

    Том охайний, чи не так? — deniko

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  4. Tom has very neat handwriting.

    У Тома дуже охайний почерк. — deniko

    ruУ Тома очень аккуратный почерк. — marafon

    deTom hat eine sehr schöne Handschrift. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom is neat.

    Том охайний. — deniko

    ruТом опрятный. — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English nete, net, nette, from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desirable, clean”), a

From Middle English nete, net, nette, from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desirable, clean”), a variant of Old French net, nette (“clean, clear, pure”), from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”), derived from nitēre (“to shine”). Doublet of net and nitid. Cognate with German nett (“nice, kind”). Compare also nait.

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See also

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