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NET
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Irregular inflected forms: netted , netting
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("net" is a kind of...):
computer network ((computer science) a network of computers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
Synonyms:
mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("net" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Meronyms (parts of "net"):
backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "net"):
chicken wire (a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences)
gauze; netting; veiling (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)
hairnet (a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place)
reseau (a net or mesh foundation for lace)
safety net (a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze)
save-all (a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship)
snood (an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head)
spark arrester; sparker (a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack)
tulle (a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns)
grillwork; wirework (mesh netting made of wires)
Derivation:
net (construct or form a web, as if by weaving)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("net" is a kind of...):
trap (a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "net"):
fishing net; fishnet (a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in)
brail (a small net used to draw fish into a boat)
Derivation:
net (catch with a net)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("net" is a kind of...):
game equipment (equipment or apparatus used in playing a game)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "net"):
volleyball net (the high net that separates the two teams and over which the volleyball must pass)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("net" is a kind of...):
goal (game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points)
Domain category:
association football; soccer (a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal)
field hockey; hockey (a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "net"):
cage (the net that is the goal in ice hockey)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Synonyms:
earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("net" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Meronyms (parts of "net"):
part; percentage; portion; share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "net"):
earning per share (the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock)
windfall profit (profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it)
cleanup; killing (a very large profit)
fast buck; quick buck (quick or easy earnings)
filthy lucre (shameful profit)
gross profit; gross profit margin; margin ((finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold)
markup (the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price)
accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)
dividend (that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly)
Derivation:
net (yield as a net profit)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conclusive in a process or progression
Example:
the net result
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
ultimate (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remaining after all deductions
Example:
net profit
Synonyms:
net; nett
Classified under:
Similar:
clear (clear of charges or deductions)
take-home ((of salary or wages) remaining after all deductions including taxes)
Antonym:
gross (before any deductions)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they net ... he / she / it nets
Past simple: netted
Past participle: netted
-ing form: netting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Catch with a net
Example:
net a fish
Synonyms:
net; nett
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "net" is one way to...):
catch; grab; take hold of (take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
net (a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Construct or form a web, as if by weaving
Synonyms:
net; web
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "net" is one way to...):
tissue; weave (create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
net (an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals)
netting (creating nets)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make as a net profit
Example:
The company cleared $1 million
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "net" is one way to...):
benefit; gain; profit (derive a benefit from)
Verb group:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)
clear; net (yield as a net profit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Yield as a net profit
Example:
This sale netted me $1 million
Synonyms:
clear; net
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "net" is one way to...):
Verb group:
clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
net (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))
Context examples:
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are becoming resistant to the insecticide used in bed nets to prevent the disease.
(Malaria-carrying Mosquitoes Becoming Resistant to Bed Nets in Southern Africa, VOA)
Researchers were surprised to find that the radiation resulted in net growth, rather than destruction.
(“Kitchen Smoke” Molecules in Nebula Offer Clues to the Building Blocks of Life, NASA)
Researchers found that thermokarst basins switched from a net radiative warming to a net cooling climate effect about 5,000 years ago.
(Certain Arctic lakes store more greenhouse gases than they release, NSF)
"For years we've been doing microplastics studies the same way, by using a net to collect samples," Brandon said.
(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)
We hoped to snare a falcon, said he presently, but we netted a carrion-crow.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A pathologic fibrous net that impedes passage of intestinal contents through the colon.
(Colonic Web, NCI Thesaurus)
The time it takes for the net nuclear spin in the plane that is parallel to the magnetic field of a spectrometer to return to its equilibrium value.
(Longitudinal Relaxation Time, NCI Thesaurus)
The pH at which a molecule in solution has no net charge and does not migrate in an electric field.
(Isoelectric Point, NCI Thesaurus)
This process, called rectification, generates net DC electrical current.
(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The net effect of second messenger production and activation of intermediate signaling proteins is the concerted regulation of several transcription factors that mediate gene transcription in the B cell.
(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
