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Adjective net has 2 senses
- net, nett - remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
Antonyms: gross, overall, total
- final, last, net - conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
Antonym: proximate (indirect, via ultimate)
Noun net has 6 senses
- Internet, Net, cyberspace - a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
--1 is a kind of computer network
- net - a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
--2 is a kind of trap
--2 has particulars: brail; fishnet, fishing net
- net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
--3 is a kind of income
--3 has parts: share, portion, part, percentage
--3 has particulars:
- net - a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
--4 is a kind of goal
--4 has particulars: cage
- net - game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
--5 is a kind of game equipment
--5 has particulars: volleyball net
- net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork - an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
--6 is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
--6 has parts: backbone
--6 has particulars:
Verb net has 4 senses
- net, sack, sack up, clear - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
--1 is one way to profit, gain, benefit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- net, clear - yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
--2 is one way to yield, pay, bear
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- web, net - construct or form a web, as if by weaving
--3 is one way to weave, tissue
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- net, nett - catch with a net; "net a fish"
--4 is one way to catch, grab, take hold of
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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