neet
/ˈniːt/
neet is the alternative letter-case form of NEET.
neet is the alternative form of night.
Meaning of night
Noun
night (countable and uncountable, plural nights)
- The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- Most animals are awake at day and sleep at night.
- The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- a night on the town
- Synonyms:
- evening
- A day, or at least a night.
- I stayed my friend's house for three nights.
- Nightfall.
- from noon till night
- Synonyms:
- dark
Noun capitalized: NEET
NEET (plural NEETs)
- A person not in employment, education, or training.
- The NEET population in 2003, according to a Ministry of Health and Labor estimate last September, was 520,000.2005 February 9, The Washington Times, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2005
- Studies have shown that NEETs are usually between the ages of 18 to 40 years and may be the victims of family breakdown and mental illness, lack of discipline also contributes to the problem. […] Kudo says the centre offers a one-year programme for NEETS^([sic]) priced at more than 2,000 US dollars...2006 October 31, Suvendrini Kakuchi, “Turning to 'NEETS' to Cover Labour Shortages”, in Inter Press Service, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2006
Proper noun capitalized: NEET
NEET
- Initialism of National Eligibility Entrance Test.
Forms of neet
| plural | neets |
|---|---|
| plural | NEETs |
| alternative form | neet |
Origin of neet
Acronym of not in education, employment, or training, originally British government jargon, first attested in the late 1990s. Currently, outside of Britain is largely due to its use in Japanese — especially from anime-related culture — which spread globally online.
Words formed from neet
Words that rhyme with neet
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- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
Questions about neet
- What does neet mean?
- Neet means a person not in employment, education, or training.
- What is neet the alternative letter-case form of?
- Neet is the alternative letter-case form of NEET.
- What part of speech is neet?
- Neet can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce neet?
- Neet is pronounced /ˈniːt/.
- What is the plural of neet?
- The plural of neet is neets.
Words near neet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: neet (page history and authors); NEET (page history and authors); night (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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