net
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. remaining after all deductions
- net profit
2. conclusive in a process or progression; final; end.
- the net result
Similar word(s): ultimate, final, last
Sentences with net as an adjective:
- net wine
- net profit; net weight
- net result; net conclusion
adverb
1. after expenses or deductions
- You'll have $5000 net.
noun
1. a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
Similar word(s): cyberspace, internet
Definition categories: man–made
2. a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
Definition categories: man–made, trap
3. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Similar word(s): earnings, lucre, profit, profits
Definition categories: possession, income
4. a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
Definition categories: man–made, goal
5. game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
Definition categories: man–made
6. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
Similar word(s): mesh, meshing, meshwork, network
Definition categories: man–made, cloth, fabric, material, textile
Sentences with net as a noun:
- a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net
- Petri net
- caught in the prosecuting attorney's net
- The striker headed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
verb
1. make as a net profit
Definition categories: possession, benefit, gain, profit
2. yield as a net profit
- This sale netted me $1 million
Similar word(s): clear
Definition categories: possession, bear, pay, yield
3. construct or form a web, as if by weaving
Similar word(s): web
Definition categories: creation, tissue, weave
4. catch with a net
- net a fish
Similar word(s): nett
Definition categories: contact, catch, grab
Sentences with net as a verb:
- to net a tree
- Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.
- The company nets $30 on every sale.
- The scam netted the criminals $30,000.
- Every party is netting their position with a counter-party