Dictionary Definition
net adj
2 conclusive in a process or progression; "the
final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last]
Noun
1 a computer network consisting of a worldwide
network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols
to facilitate data transmission and exchange [syn: Internet, cyberspace]
2 a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds
or insects
3 the excess of revenues over outlays in a given
period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[syn: net
income, net profit,
lucre, profit, profits, earnings]
4 a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or
hockey)
5 game equipment consisting of a strip of netting
dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
6 an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven
together at regular intervals [syn: network, mesh, meshing, meshwork]
Verb
2 yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1
million" [syn: clear]
3 construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn:
web]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /nɛt/, /nEt/
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- Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
netNoun
- A mesh of string, cord, or rope.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for catching fish.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- Petri net
- A trap.
- caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
- Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form that polyhedron.
- A computer network.
- 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.
- A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
Synonyms
- (mesh): mesh, network
- (used for catching or trapping):
- (figurative: a trap): snare, trap
- (anything that has the appearance of a net): reticulation
- (in geometry): development
- (in computing): network
Derived terms
Translations
used for catching fish
- Albanian: rrjetë
- Basque: sare
- Catalan: xarxa
- Croatian: mreža
- Czech: síť
- Danish: garn, vod
- Dutch: net
- Esperanto: reto
- Faroese: nót , garn
- Finnish: verkko
- French: filet
- German: Netz
- Greek:
- Hebrew:
- Hungarian: háló
- Italian: rete , retino
- Korean: 그물 (geumur, -l)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: plaga , rete
- Malayalam: വല (vala)
- Polish: sieć
- Portuguese: rede
- Slovene: mreža
- Spanish: red
- Swedish: nät
- Telugu: వల (vala)
used for trapping something
mesh
figurative: a trap
anything that has the appearance of a net
in geometry
in computing
Verb
Translations
catch by means of a net
- Finnish: pyytää verkolla, pyydystää verkolla, haavia
- German: mit einem Netz fangen
- Hebrew:
- Interlingua: attrappar con un rete
- Italian: impigliare in una rete, intrappolare con una rete, irretire
- Portuguese: aprisionar com uma rede, enredar
- Romanian: a prinde cu o reţea
figurative: to catch in a trap
Etymology 2
Via and , compare French netAlternative spellings
Adjective
- Remaining after expenses or deductions.
- net profit ; net weight
- Final.
- net result; net conclusion
remaining after expenses or deductions
final
- Dutch: uiteindelijk, finaal
- Finnish: lopullinen, loppu-
- Hebrew:
- Italian: finale
- Portuguese: final
Translations
The amount remaining after expenses are
deducted, profit
Verb
- To receive as profit.
- The company nets $30 on every sale.
Translations
To receive as profit
Catalan
Adverb
Dutch
Adverb
net- just (nearly)
- just recently
Faroese
Etymology
Old Norse net.Noun
net nDeclension
French
Etymology
Latin nitidusPronunciation
Adjective
netIcelandic
Etymology
Old Norse.Noun
netSynonyms
- (internet): internet, veraldarvefurinn
Old English
Etymology
Akin to Old High German nezzi, Old Norse netNoun
net m- net
Extensive Definition
Net may refer to:
- Net (device), fibers woven in a grid-like structure
- Net (textile), any textile in which the warp and weft yarns are looped or knotted at their intersections
- Net (mathematics), a generalization of a sequence similar to a filter
- Net (polyhedron), an arrangement of polygons that can be folded up to form a polyhedron
- An electronic network connection in a netlist
- New Jersey Nets, a basketball team
- Net Television, a Maltese television station
- The Net (film), a 1995 film starring Sandra Bullock
- Cricket nets a safe netted environment for practicing cricket
In computing and communication:
- Computer network
- Telecommunications network
- Internet
- For the Internet-related prefix net-, see Wiktionary's article net-
.net or .NET may refer to:
- .net, an Internet top-level domain
- .net (magazine)
- Microsoft .NET Framework
In business and finance as an antonym of gross:
NET as an acronym may refer to:
In broadcast and media:
- National Educational Television, U.S., the predecessor of PBS
- Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, U.S.
- National Empowerment Television, a defunct politically conservative cable network from the 1990s
- Nihon Educational Television, the former name of TV Asahi, Japan
- Net Serviços de Comunicação S/A, Brazil
- New Hellenic Television, Greece
- Never Ending Tour, musician Bob Dylan's tour since 1988
In science and psychology:
In other:
- National Eligibility Test, India
- New Earth Time
- New English Translation of the Bible
- Noise equivalent target
- Nottingham Express Transit, UK
- Network of European Technocrats
- No Electronic Theft Act
As an alternate spelling:
- Nett, a municipality in the Federated States of Micronesia.
net in German: Net
net in Esperanto: NET
net in French: NET
net in Italian: NET
net in Hungarian: NET
net in Dutch: Net
net in Japanese: ネット
net in Korean: NET
net in Portuguese: NET
net in Turkish: .NET
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acquire, afford, angle, apprehend, arabesque, arrest, asking price, avails, avoirdupois, bag, bait, bait the hook, balance, bargain price, basketry, basketwork, be seized of,
beef, beefiness, bid, bid price, birdlime, bob, bola, box office, braid, bring in, burden, cancellation, capital
gains, capitalize on, capture, cash in on, cash price,
catch, catch out, circuit, clam, clean up, cleanup, clear, clear profit,
coast-to-coast hookup, cobweb, coin money, colander, come by, come in for,
come into, commercialize, commissions, contract, controlled price,
corral, cramp, credit, credits, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, cripple, crop, cross-hatching, crossing-out,
cumber, current price,
current quotation, cut price, dap, deadweight, decoy, deficit, derive, dib, dibble, difference, discrepancy, disposable
income, dividend,
dividends, drag down,
dragnet, draw, drive, earn, earned income, earnings, embarrass, encumber, enlace, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, enter into
possession, entoil,
entrammel, entrap, entwine, enweb, epact, fatness, fetter, filigree, filthy lucre,
fish, fishhook, fixed price, flat
rate, fly, fly-fish,
foul, fret, fretwork, gain, gain by, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, gettings, gig, gill net, gin, gleanings, go fishing, going
price, grate, grating, gravity, grid, gridiron, grig, grille, grillwork, gross, gross income, gross profit,
gross receipts, gross weight, ground bait, guddle, hachure, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harpoon, harvest, hatching, heaviness, heft, heftiness, hoard, hobble, honeycomb, hook, hook in, hookup, impede, income, intake, interest, interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave, intort, inveigle, involve, jack, jacklight, jig, killing, knit, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lame, land, lariat, lasso, lattice, latticework, left, leftover, lime, list price, liveweight, loom, loop, lucre, lumber, lure, make, make a killing, make an
arrest, make money, make money by, makings, market price, mat, mesh, meshes, meshwork, nail, neat price, neat profit, neat
weight, net income, net profit, net receipts, net weight, netting, network, noose, obtain, odd, output, outstanding, over, overbalance, overweight, package price,
paper profits, pay, pay off,
pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pick up, pickings, piece price, plait, pleach, plexure, plexus, plug, ponderability, ponderosity, ponderousness, porosity, porousness, pound net,
poundage, press down,
price list, prices current, proceeds, procure, produce, profit, profits, pull down, purse seine,
put under arrest, quotation, quoted price,
raddle, radio links,
rake-off, realize,
realize on, reap, receipt, receipts, receivables, recommended
price, remainder,
remaining, remanent, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, return, returns, revenue, riddle, rope, royalties, sack, saddle with, score, screen, screening, secure, seine, seize, selling price, shackle, shrimp, sieve, sievelikeness, snag, snare, snarl, sniggle, spare, spear, spin, spinner, splice, sponge, spread the toils,
springe, squid, still-fish, stock market
quotations, store,
strainer, superfluous, surplus, surviving, take, take captive, take into
custody, take prisoner, take-in, takings, tangle, tangle up with, texture, throughput, tissue, to spare, toil, toils, tonnage, torch, tracery, trade price, trammel, trap, trawl, trellis, trelliswork, trip, troll, turn a penny, turn to
account, turn to profit, twill, twine, twist, unconsumed, underweight, unearned
income, unit price, unused, wattle, wealth, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, weigh down, weight, weightiness, whale, wholesale price, wicker, wickerwork, win, wind, winnings, wobbler, wreathe, yield