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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Initialism of northeastern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
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adj
Initialism of not evaluated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
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adv
Not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: obsolete or deliberately archaic
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adv
"Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, not-comparable
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conj
Nor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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name
Abbreviation of Nebraska: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Initialism of New English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of New England: a geographic region of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of New Executable (executable file format used by early 16-bit versions of Microsoft Windows and IBM OS/2).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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noun
Initialism of northeast, a cardinal point of the compass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of norepinephrine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of northern epilepsy syndrome
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
a midwestern state on the Great Plains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Nebraska, Cornhusker State
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Broader terms: American state
noun
the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: northeast, nor'-east, northeastward
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Broader terms: compass point, point
noun
a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: neon, atomic number 10
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Broader terms: chemical element, element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon
History
From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní.
From Māori nē.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
