net
verb/net/
/net/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they net | /net/ /net/ |
| he / she / it nets | /nets/ /nets/ |
| past simple netted | /ˈnetɪd/ /ˈnetɪd/ |
| past participle netted | /ˈnetɪd/ /ˈnetɪd/ |
| -ing form netting | /ˈnetɪŋ/ /ˈnetɪŋ/ |
- net something to earn an amount of money as a profit after you have paid tax on it
- The sale of paintings netted £17 000.
- The team have negotiated a sponsorship deal which should net them £30 000 over the next nine months.
- net something to catch something, especially fish, in a net
- net somebody/something to catch somebody or obtain something with skill
- A swoop by customs officers netted a large quantity of drugs.
- net something (especially British English) to kick or hit a ball into the goal synonym score
- He has netted 21 goals so far this season.
- net something to cover something with a net or nets
- It is a good idea to net the strawberry plants.
Word Originverb sense 1 Middle English (in the senses ‘clean’ and ‘smart’): from French net ‘neat’, from Latin nitidus ‘shining’, from nitere ‘to shine’. The sense ‘free from deductions’ is first recorded in late Middle English. verb senses 2 to 5 Old English net, nett, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch net and German Netz.
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