neat

neat
adjective
1) (tidy, clean) sauber, ordentlich [Handschrift, Arbeit]; gepflegt [Haar, Person]
2) (undiluted) pur [Getränk]

she drinks vodka neat — sie trinkt Wodka pur

3) (smart) gepflegt [Erscheinung, Kleidung]; elegant, schick [Anzug, Auto]
4) (deft) geschickt; raffiniert [Trick, Plan, Lösung, Gerät]

make a neat job of something/repairing something — etwas sehr geschickt machen/reparieren

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[ni:t]
adjective
1) (tidy; well-ordered, with everything in the right place: a neat house; She is very neat and tidy.) nett
2) (skilfully done: He has made a neat job of the repair.) geschickt
3) ((of drink, especially alcoholic) without added water: neat whisky.) unverdünnt
- academic.ru/49311/neatness">neatness
- neatly
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neat
[ni:t]
adj
1. (well-ordered) ordentlich, sauber
\neat appearance/beard gepflegtes Äußeres/gepflegter Bart
to be \neat in one's habits ein ordentlicher Mensch sein
\neat and tidy sauber und ordentlich
2. (skilful) geschickt
they did a very \neat job stitching up your knee sie haben dein Knie tadellos zusammengeflickt
\neat answer treffende Antwort
3. inv (undiluted) pur
I'll have a \neat gin please ich hätte gerne einen Gin pur
4. esp AM, AUS (approv sl: very good) toll, klasse fam
a \neat bike ein tolles Fahrrad
a \neat guy ein dufter Typ BRD fam
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[niːt]
adj (+er)
1) (= tidy) person, house, hairstyle ordentlich; worker, work, handwriting, sewing sauber, ordentlich; hair, appearance gepflegt

he likes everything neat and tidy — er will alles hübsch ordentlich haben

to make a neat job of sth —

he made a very neat job of repairing the window — er hat das Fenster tadellos repariert

See:
pin
2) (= precise) fit, category genau; division sauber; summary prägnant; explanation prägnant formuliert

it's a neat fit in the corner — es passt genau in die Ecke

3) (= pleasing) nett; clothes nett, adrett; person, figure hübsch, nett; ankles schlank

she has a neat figure —

neat little suit — schmucker or netter Anzug

4) (= skilful) gadget, speech gelungen; style gewandt; solution sauber, elegant; plan elegant; trick schlau

that's very neat — das ist sehr schlau

5) (esp Brit: undiluted) spirits pur; wines unverdünnt

to drink one's whisky neat — Whisky pur trinken

6) (US inf = excellent) prima (inf), klasse inv (inf)

a neat guy — ein großartiger or toller Typ (inf)

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neat1 [niːt] adj (adv neatly)
1. sauber:
a) ordentlich, reinlich, gepflegt:
(as) neat as a pin blitzsauber umg;
keep sth neat etwas sauber halten
b) hübsch, gefällig, nett, adrett, geschmackvoll
c) sorgfältig:
neat style gewandter Stil
d) übersichtlich
e) geschickt:
a neat solution eine saubere oder elegante Lösung
f) tadellos (Arbeit etc)
2. raffiniert, schlau (Plan etc)
3. hübsch, schön (beide umg) (Profit etc)
4. treffend (Antwort etc)
5. besonders US sl klasse, prima
6. a) rein:
neat silk
b) pur:
drink one’s whisky neat;
two neat whiskies zwei Whisky pur
neat2 [niːt] obs oder dial
A pl neat s Ochse m, Rind n
B adj Rind(er)…:
neat leather Rind(s)leder n
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adjective
1) (tidy, clean) sauber, ordentlich [Handschrift, Arbeit]; gepflegt [Haar, Person]
2) (undiluted) pur [Getränk]

she drinks vodka neat — sie trinkt Wodka pur

3) (smart) gepflegt [Erscheinung, Kleidung]; elegant, schick [Anzug, Auto]
4) (deft) geschickt; raffiniert [Trick, Plan, Lösung, Gerät]

make a neat job of something/repairing something — etwas sehr geschickt machen/reparieren

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adj.
akkurat (Handschrift) adj.
gepflegt adj.
geschickt adj.
hübsch adj.
nett adj.
niedlich adj.
ordentlich adj.
sauber adj. v.
versäubern v.

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