neat
IPA: nˈit
noun
- (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
- (archaic) A bull or cow.
- (archaic) Cattle collectively.
- A surname from Middle English.
- (computing theory) Acronym of neuroevolution of augmenting topologies: a genetic algorithm for the generation of evolving artificial neural networks.
- (exercise) Acronym of non-exercise activity thermogenesis.
adjective
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
- (chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable.
- Obsolete form of net (“remaining after expenses or deductions”). [(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.]
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Examples of "neat" in Sentences
- Newer: « Matrix Trilogy comes in neat toy Nebuchadnezzar
- Damn, was I imagining things, or did Gilberto really use the word neat?
- It's pretty neat from the old cars, to the old suits, the write-ups, the videos.
- He did it as a riff off the term "hi fi", which was what you called your neat-o, keen-o stereo system in the 1950s?
- I had to pay five dollars for hittin 'the chap (they said it was salt and buttery), an' that's what I call a neat, genteel luxury.
- What's kind of neat is that Torquere Press always has one of their established authors review the book, so I have my first review already, technically.
- I. ii.123 (266,6) [We must be neat] Leontes, seeing his son's nose smutched, cries, _We must be neat_, then recollecting that _neat_ is the term for _horned_ cattle, he says, _not neat, but cleanly_.
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