{
    "term": "neat",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "tidy and in order; carefully done or arranged",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She kept her desk extremely neat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You've got very neat handwriting!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "neat rows of books"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was wearing a neat black suit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sat in her **neat and tidy** kitchen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've made the front lawn all neat and tidy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The handwriting was surprisingly neat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each resident is expected to keep their room neat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sorted his papers into a neat pile."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The desks were in neat rows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This hairstyle is easy to keep neat and tidy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were soon passing the neat lawns of the suburbs."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["neat and tidy"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "liking to keep things tidy and in order; looking tidy or doing things in a tidy way",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Try and be neater!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had a neat methodical mind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By nature he was clean and neat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't be a **neat freak**. Relax. A little clutter won't kill you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was a very efficient, neat woman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Neil turned up the next day looking very clean and neat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children are always neat and tidy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "small, with an attractive shape or appearance",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "her neat figure"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The puppies’ ears should be neat and in proportion to the head."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "trim"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "simple but clever",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a neat explanation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a neat solution to the problem"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film has a lot of **neat tricks** and clever editing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't put people and events into neat little boxes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "good; excellent",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's a really neat movie."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had a great time—it was pretty neat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "not mixed with water or anything else",
            "labels": "(British English)British and North American English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "neat whisky"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Drinks"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/niːt/",
                "audio": "ne/neat/neat__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/niːt/",
                "audio": "ne/neat/neat__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 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."
}