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neat
UK
/niːt/
US
/nit/
Translations
neater
Comp.
neatest
Super.
UK
/niːt/
US
/nit/
Her desk was always neat, with everything in its proper place.
Son bureau était toujours propre, avec tout à sa place.
He wore a neat suit to the interview, making a great first impression.
Il portait un costume soigné pour l’entretien, ce qui a fait excellente impression.
He had a neat solution to the problem that saved us a lot of time.
Il avait une solution ingénieuse au problème, qui nous a fait gagner beaucoup de temps.
He ordered a bourbon neat after dinner.
Il a commandé un bourbon pur après le dîner.
That was a neat movie—you should definitely see it.
C’était un film génial — tu devrais vraiment le voir.
Additional translations
Occasionally used, especially in informal or dialectal registers, as an adverb meaning “neatly; in a tidy or efficient manner”.
He wrote the list neat on the whiteboard so everyone could read it.
Il a écrit la liste soigneusement sur le tableau blanc pour que tout le monde puisse la lire.
neats
pl
UK
/niːt/
US
/nit/
Archaic/rare: collective term for cattle or bovine livestock.
The farmer kept a small herd of neat in the lower pasture.
Le fermier gardait un petit troupeau de bétail dans la pâture du bas.
Definitions
Her desk was always neat, with everything in its proper place.
He had a neat solution to the problem that saved us a lot of time.
The magician performed a neat trick that left the audience amazed.
He wore a neat suit to the interview, making a great first impression.
He ordered a bourbon neat after dinner.
That was a neat movie—you should definitely see it.
He wrote the list neat on the whiteboard so everyone could read it.
The farmer kept a small herd of neat in the lower pasture.
Neat! I’ve never seen a phone that folds like that.