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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
neat
/niːt/
adjective1 of 2
Not messy; clean and orderly; simple and effective
- “If you make a mistake, just cross it out neatly.”Tatoeba
- “I want to keep my room as neat as possible.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)