net

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ fine, fine-mesh

▪ safety

▪ fishing

▪ drift

▪ mosquito

▪ butterfly

VERB + NET

▪ mend

▪

The fishermen were mending their nets.

▪ cast, spread, spread out

▪ haul in

▪ slip through (often figurative)

▪

We tried to contact all former students but one or two slipped through the net.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the net

▪

Unfortunately the animals are often caught in fishing nets.

▪ into a/the net

▪

The ball went into the net.

▪ over the net

▪

to hit the ball over the net

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verb

Net is used with these nouns as the object: ↑penalty

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adj.

Net is used with these nouns: ↑asset, ↑balance, ↑change, ↑contributor, ↑cost, ↑curtain, ↑debt, ↑deficit, ↑dividend, ↑earnings, ↑effect, ↑expenditure, ↑export, ↑exporter, ↑gain, ↑import, ↑income, ↑increase, ↑investment, ↑loss, ↑margin, ↑output, ↑proceeds, ↑profit, ↑receipt, ↑reduction, ↑result, ↑return, ↑revenue, ↑salary, ↑sale, ↑saving, ↑sum, ↑takings, ↑transfer, ↑turnover, ↑wealth, ↑weight, ↑worth