Meaning

12 senses
  1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.

    a hairnet; a mosquito net; a tennis net

    Netz

    сетьsetʹ, се́ткаsétka, мре́жаmréža

    мере́жаmeréža, сітьsitʹ, сі́ткаsítka

    an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

  2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.

    Netz

    сетьsetʹ

  3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.

    сетьsetʹ

  4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

    Petri net

    Netz

    сетьsetʹ, се́ткаsétka

  5. (broadly)A trap.

    caught in the prosecuting attorney's net

    Netz

    се́тиséti, капка́нkapkán

  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.

    Netz

    развёрткаrazvjórtka

  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.

    The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.

    сі́ткаsítka

    a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)

  10. A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

    се́ткаsétka

    сі́ткаsítka

  11. (broadly)The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).

  12. The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.

    Our net on that transaction was only fourteen dollars.

    The net on that container was only fourteen tons.

    Netto

Examples

155 sentences
  1. He fixed the net.

    Він полагодив сітку. — mrcenoura

    ruОн починил сеть. — Lenin_1917

    deEr reparierte das Netz. — samueldora

  2. We need a safety net.

    Нам потрібна сітка безпеки. — deniko

    ruНам нужна страховка. — sharptoothed

  3. I captured butterflies with a net.

    Я спіймав метеликів сачком. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ наловил сачком бабочек. — marafon

    deIch habe Schmetterlinge mit einem Netz gefangen. — Manfredo

  4. The boy captured the bird with a net.

  5. Tom fixed the net.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mesh of string, cord or rope:
Русский
By meaning 4
interconnecting system:
mesh of string, cord or rope:
figurative: trap:
geometry: set of joined polygons:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
interconnecting system:
The amount remaining after expenses are deducted, profit:

Origin

From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from

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”).

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

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Forms

plural: nets
Singularnet
Pluralnets

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
in geometry:developmentB1
anything that has the appearance of a net:reticulation
figurative: a trap:snare
Close in meaning

Word family

191 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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