net
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 (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
internet, cyberspace
• Hypernyms:
computer network
2. a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
trap
• Hyponyms:
brail, fishnet, fishing net
3. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
• Syn:
net income, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
• Derivationally related forms:
profiteer (for: profit), profit (for: profit)
• Hypernyms:
income
• Hyponyms:
earning per share, windfall profit, killing, cleanup, fast buck,
quick buck, filthy lucre, gross profit, gross profit margin, margin, markup,
accumulation, dividend
• Part Meronyms:
share, portion, part, percentage
4. a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
• Topics:
soccer, association football, field hockey, hockey
• Hypernyms:
goal
• Hyponyms:
cage
5. game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
• Hypernyms:
game equipment
• Hyponyms:
volleyball net
6. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
• Syn:
network, mesh, meshing, meshwork
• Derivationally related forms:
mesh (for: mesh)
• Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile
• Hyponyms:
chicken wire, gauze, netting, veiling, hairnet,
reseau, safety net, save-all, snood, spark arrester, sparker,
tulle, wirework, grillwork
• Part Meronyms:
backbone
1. make as a net profit (Freq. 1)
- The company cleared $1 million
• Syn:
sack, sack up, clear
• Hypernyms:
profit, gain, benefit
• Verb Group:
gain, take in, clear, make, earn,
realize, realise, pull in, bring in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. yield as a net profit
- This sale netted me $1 million
• Syn:
clear
• Hypernyms:
yield, pay, bear
• Verb Group:
sack, sack up, clear
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. construct or form a web, as if by weaving
• Syn:
web
• Derivationally related forms:
netting, web (for: web), webbing (for: web)
• Hypernyms:
weave, tissue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. catch with a net
- net a fish
• Syn:
nett
• Hypernyms:
catch, grab, take hold of
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. remaining after all deductions (Freq. 6)
- net profit
• Syn:
nett
• Ant:
gross
• Similar to:
clear, take-home
2. conclusive in a process or progression (Freq. 1)
- the final answer
- a last resort
- the net result
• Syn:
final, last
• Similar to:
ultimate
• Derivationally related forms:
finality (for: final)
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