neat
adjective /niːt/
/niːt/
(comparative neater, superlative neatest)
- tidy and in order; carefully done or arranged
- She kept her desk extremely neat.
- You've got very neat handwriting!
- neat rows of books
- She was wearing a neat black suit.
- They sat in her neat and tidy kitchen.
Extra Examples- I've made the front lawn all neat and tidy.
- The handwriting was surprisingly neat.
- Each resident is expected to keep their room neat.
- He sorted his papers into a neat pile.
- The desks were in neat rows.
- This hairstyle is easy to keep neat and tidy.
- We were soon passing the neat lawns of the suburbs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- neat and tidy
- (of people) liking to keep things tidy and in order; looking tidy or doing things in a tidy way
- Try and be neater!
- He had a neat methodical mind.
- By nature he was clean and neat.
- (informal) Don't be a neat freak. Relax. A little clutter won't kill you.
Extra Examples- She was a very efficient, neat woman.
- Neil turned up the next day looking very clean and neat.
- The children are always neat and tidy.
- small, with an attractive shape or appearance synonym trim
- her neat figure
- The puppies’ ears should be neat and in proportion to the head.
- simple but clever
- a neat explanation
- a neat solution to the problem
- The film has a lot of neat tricks and clever editing.
- We can't put people and events into neat little boxes.
- (North American English, informal) good; excellent
- It's a really neat movie.
- We had a great time—it was pretty neat.
- (British English) (also straight British and North American English)(especially of alcoholic drinks) not mixed with water or anything else
- neat whisky
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘clean, free from impurities’): from French net, from Latin nitidus ‘shining’, from nitere ‘to shine’; related to net (adjective). The sense ‘bright’ (now obsolete) was recorded in English in the late 16th cent.