Net Definition

nĕt

nets, netted, netting

noun

nets

A fabric made from string, cord, etc., loosely knotted or woven in an openwork pattern and used to trap or snare birds, fish, etc.

Webster's New World

Anything that catches or entraps; trap; snare.

Webster's New World

Any of various devices made of meshed fabric, used to hold, protect, or mark off something.

A hairnet, tennis net.

Webster's New World

A barrier of meshwork cord or rope strung between two posts to divide a court in half, as in tennis and badminton.

American Heritage

A fine, meshed, lacelike cloth, used to make curtains, trim garments, etc.

Webster's New World

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gross

verb

nets, netted, netting

To make into net or a net.

Webster's New World

To make nets or network.

Webster's New World

To make with net.

Webster's New World

To acquire or obtain.

An investment that netted a hefty profit; a personal ad that netted a dozen responses.

American Heritage

To trap or snare with or as with a net.

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adjective

Remaining after certain deductions, as for taxes or expenses, have been made.

Net annual income.

Webster's New World

Remaining after tare is deducted.

Net weight.

American Heritage

Designating or of weight excluding the container, packaging, etc.

Webster's New World

After all considerations; final.

A net result.

Webster's New World

Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

Net wine.

Wiktionary

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last
final
nett

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gross
unprofitable

abbreviation

Network.

Webster's New World

pronoun

(computing) The Internet.

The Web is just part of the Net.

Wiktionary

(computing) A set of Microsoft products and services — primarily the .NET Framework, which permits the development of software for a virtual machine in any programming language.

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Other Word Forms of Net

Noun

Singular:

net

Plural:

nets

Origin of Net

Middle English elegant, remaining after deductions from Old French elegant and from Old Italian netto remaining after deductions both from Latin nitidus clean, elegant neat¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English ned- in Indo-European roots N., sense 5a, short for Internet

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English net, from Proto-Germanic *natjÄ….

From Wiktionary