Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: net
IPA transcription: [n'ɛt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: net, nett
    Meaning: remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
  • Synonyms: final, last, net
    Meaning: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: internet, net, cyberspace
    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: net
    Meaning: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: net, sack, sack_up, clear
    Meaning: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
Usage examples
  • "What about a landing net?"
  • Here it is simply the difference between gross and net rent.
  • He was running wildly towards them, his absurd net dangling behind him.
  • He was drawing the net with his own hands, he was spying with his own eyes.
  • Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net and had wound the twine into a ball.
  • The total product is sometimes called the "gross rent," but economic rent is "net rent."
  • The Epeira has her treacherous limed net; the Spider of the bushes has her no less treacherous labyrinth.
  • Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net.
  • The mighty steed was in the act of clearing a wide shallow channel when we were caught in the net of the darkness.
  • When the Master fished with hook and line, he did not also use a net. When out with his bow, he would never shoot at game in cover.