Definitions for net
nɛtnet

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. internet, net, cyberspacenoun

   a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

2. netnoun

   a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects

3. net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earningsnoun

   the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

4. netnoun

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

5. netnoun

   game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton

6. net, network, mesh, meshing, meshworkadjective

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

7. net, nettadjective

   remaining after all deductions

   "net profit"

8. final, last, netverb

   conclusive in a process or progression

   "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"

9. net, sack, sack up, clearverb

   make as a net profit

   "The company cleared $1 million"

10. net, clearverb

    yield as a net profit

    "This sale netted me $1 million"

11. web, netverb

    construct or form a web, as if by weaving

12. net, nettverb

    catch with a net

    "net a fish"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Netnoun

   The Internet.

   The Web is just part of the Net.

2. Etymology: From neth, net, from nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Netnoun

   A texture woven with large interstices or meshes, used commonly as a snare for animals.

   Etymology: nati, Gothick; net , Saxon.

   Poor bird! thoud’st never fear the net, nor lime,
   The pitfall nor the gin. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   He made nets of chequer-work for the chapiters, upon the top of the pillars. 1 Kings vii. 17.

   Impatience intangles us like the fluttering of a bird in a net, but cannot at all ease our trouble. Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living.

   The vegetative tribes,
   Wrapt in a filmy net, and clad with leaves. James Thomson.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. net

   A net is an open fabric made of cord or thread intertwined or tied together in a way that it forms a mesh-like structure with spaces in between. It is commonly used for trapping, catching or carrying objects or animals. In the digital world, it can also refer to an interconnected group or system, such as internet or network. Net can also refer to the remaining amount after all deductions have been made from a total, such as net income or net worth.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Netverb

   to make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk

2. Netverb

   to take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile

3. Netverb

   to inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree

4. Netverb

   to form network or netting; to knit

5. Netadjective

   without spot; pure; shining

6. Netadjective

   free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc

7. Netadjective

   not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc

8. Netverb

   to produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation

9. Etymology: [F. See Neat clean.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. net

   The domain name net is a generic top-level domain used in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The name is derived from network, indicating its originally intended purpose was for organizations involved in networking technologies, such as Internet service providers and other infrastructure companies. However, restrictions were never enforced and the domain is now a general purpose name space. It is still popular with network operators, and is often treated as an alternative to com. net is one of the original top-level domains despite not being mentioned in RFC 920, having been created in January 1985. As of 2011, it is the third most popular top-level domain, after .com and .de. Verisign, the operator of net after acquiring Network Solutions, held an operations contract that expired on 30 June 2005. ICANN, the organization responsible for domain management, sought proposals from organizations to operate the domain upon expiration of the contract. Verisign regained the contract bid, and secured its control over the net registry for another six years. On 30 June 2011, the contract with Verisign was automatically renewed for another six years. This is because of a resolution approved by the ICANN board, which states that renewal will be automatic as long as Verisign meets certain ICANN requirements.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Net

   net, n. an open fabric of twine, &c., knotted into meshes for catching birds, fishes, &c.: anything like a net for keeping out insects, &c.: a meshed bag for holding a woman's hair: machine-made lace of various kinds: a snare: a difficulty.—adj. made of netting or resembling it, reticulate: caught in a net.—v.t. to form into network: to take with a net: to protect with a net, to veil.—v.i. to form network:—pr.p. net′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. net′ted.—ns. Net′-fish, any fish, like the herring, caught in nets—opp. to Trawl-fish and Line-fish; Net′-fish′ery, a place for net-fishing, the business of such fishing; Net′-fish′ing, the method or the industry of fishing with nets.—p.adj. Net′ted, made into a net, reticulated: caught in a net.—ns. Net′ting, act or process of forming network: a piece of network: any network of ropes or wire, esp. for use on shipboard; Net′ting-need′le, a kind of shuttle used in netting.—adjs. Net′ty, like a net; Net′-veined, in entomology, having a great number of veins or nervures like a network on the surface, as in the wings of many Orthoptera; Net′-winged, having net-veined wings.—n. Net′work, any work showing cross lines or open spaces like the meshes of a net. [A.S. net, nett; Dut. net, Ger. netz.]

2. Net

   Nett, net, adj. clear of all charges or deductions—opp. to Gross: lowest, subject to no further deductions.—v.t. to produce as clear profit:—pr.p. net′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. net′ted. [Neat.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. net

   [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet. From the time before the Great Renaming, when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning “net.”. Includes net.gods, net.goddesses (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), net.lurkers (see lurker), net.person, net.parties (a synonym for boink, sense 2), and many similar constructs. See also net.police.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. net

   In commerce, is the weight of a commodity alone, without the package.

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1. NET

   What does NET stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NET acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Net

   Net vs. Gross -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Net and Gross.

3. Net

   Gross vs. Net -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Gross and Net.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NET

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Net is ranked #141140 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Net surname appeared 118 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Net.
   
   55.9% or 66 total occurrences were Asian.
   24.5% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   15.2% or 18 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Computer Network
   • Game Equipment
   • Goal
   • Profit
   • Soccer
   • Trap
   • Weave

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'net' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2501

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'net' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3429

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'net' in Nouns Frequency: #1348

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'net' in Adjectives Frequency: #326

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Anagrams for net »

1. ent

2. ENT

3. ten

How to pronounce net?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say net in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of net in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of net in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of net in a Sentence

1. George Steiner:

   The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.

2. Ryan Firth:

   From a tax perspective, ideally you want to have short-term or long-term losses to take against short-term gains, it's not as beneficial from a tax perspective to net long-term gains against short-term losses.

3. Justin Williams:

   Cassidy said. Mrazek finished with 36 saves. The 35-year-old Halak made his first start in the playoffs since 2015 with the New York Islanders. He came out of net midway through the second period to prevent Justin Williams from getting a shot off to potentially tie the game. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM They played better, but we were still there.

4. Franck Dixmier:

   We will see a huge negative net supply in July --  around 120 billion euros -- and that will bring relief to prices of euro zone government debt.

5. Justin Patterson:

   The quarter is a reminder that Netflix's cadence of net adds is not linear, but lumpy in nature, the company had lots of new content during the quarter; what it did not have was a major new breakout series.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=net
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Net
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=net
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/net
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=net
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=net
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Net
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=net
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=net