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How to use neuter in a sentence

25 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Neuter means neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another. Example: “Congress neutered the bill by adding an exception for big corporations.”

Examples of neuter by meaning

adjectiveNeutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

  • A relay race that does not match teams but integrates the fastest and the slowest in one race against the most neuter of all adversaries — time.1973, Nancy Frazier, Myra Sadker, Sexism in school and society

adjectiveHaving a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.

  • a neuter noun
  • the neuter definite article
  • a neuter termination

adjectiveIntransitive.

  • a neuter verb

nounAn intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.

  • In all the Apachean languages, verbs are divided into two major categories, neuters and actives, each of which may be further divided into intransitives, transitives, and passives.1971, Harry Hoijer, “Athapaskan Morphology”, in Jesse O. Sawyer, editor, Studies in American Indian Languages, University of California...

verbTo drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.

  • Congress neutered the bill by adding an exception for big corporations.
  • Here wrangling, bitty conflicts neutered change.1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 51
  • This collusion with the forces of corporate oppression neuters the press, Trump's critics and the Democratic Party.2024 July 14, Chris Hedges, “My Thoughts On the Attempted Trump Assassination”, in The Chris Hedges Report

verbTo make grammatically neuter.

  • At their religious services Am Tikva makes all attempts to de-genderize the liturgy by neutering English nouns and pronouns and, when Hebrew is used, by using both masculine and the feminine forms of the language.1983 December 3, Warren Blumenfeld, “Am Tikva”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 7

More sentences with neuter

  • German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.From the entry german
  • The neuter voice is too reticent, too timid—too unjust—to be audible.2016, David Appelbaum, In His Voice: Maurice Blanchot's Affair with the Neuter, page 26. From the entry neuter voice
  • He riffed an upward arpeggio and in a smooth, slightly neutered baritone began singing “Baby Face.”2014, Edward Stewart, Privileged Lives, →ISBN. From the entry riff
  • There are two genders: common gender (genus commune, abbreviated: com.) and neuter (genus neutrum, abbreviated: neut.).2011, Theo van den Hout, The Elements of Hittite, page 16. From the entry common gender
  • Her husband refused to have the dog neutered unless neuticles were implanted, and the wife complied.2008, Bonnie Berry, The Power of Looks: Social Stratification of Physical Appearance, Ashgate Publishing, page 104. From the entry neuticles
  • You trap ferals, neuter them, and give them their rabies shot.2007, Clea Simon, Cries and Whiskers, page 26. From the entry feral
  • Yet no sooner is the neuter voice heard than it blends listlessly into background sound, a murmur clueless about things.2016, David Appelbaum, In His Voice: Maurice Blanchot's Affair with the Neuter, page 26. From the entry neuter voice
  • Please, people, spay and neuter your pets.2014, Patricia Carlin, “The World Is Your Litter Box”, in How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity: A Guide to Financial Freedom…. From the entry babydaddy
  • If you feel bad for neutering your pet, you can purchase neuticles--fake implants to restore what was lost.2009 October 15, Jenna Goudreau, “The Pet Culture”, in Forbes, Forbes.com LLC. From the entry neuticles
  • He spurns “neuters and geldings” in favor of “men and women fully equipt.” This is not biography but psychography.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry psychography
  • This plainly implies that an equine animal either is of the feminine gender or is of the neuter persuasion.1967, Taxes. The Tax Magazine, volume 45, number 2, page 698. From the entry persuasion
  • Today, Britain’s manufacturing base has all but disappeared, working-class communities have disintegrated, unions have been neutered and the welfare state has begun to crumble.2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times. From the entry trade union
  • The general distinction is between three 'genders' out of the five genders of the Latin tradition: active gender, passive gender, neuter gender.2007, Bernard Colombat, “Some Problems in Transferring the Latin Model to the First French Grammars: Verbal voice, impersonal verbs and…. From the entry gender
  • Jinokimijin had chosen an androgynous male form tonight: not a demiboy, which would typically blend neuter with male, but a femboy, a masculine shape with some feminine elements.2017, L. Rowyn, The Sun Etherium: An Etherium Novel, #2, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry demiboy
  • It will be observed that the forms in s- occur only in the nominative and that the genitive forms are coradicate with the nominative form neuter.1907, Allison Emery Drake, Discoveries in Hebrew, Gaelic, Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Basque and other Caucasic languages. From the entry coradicate

Meaning of neuter

  1. adjective Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
  2. adjective Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.
  3. adjective Intransitive.

Full definition of neuter

Questions about neuter in a sentence

How do you use neuter in a sentence?
Neuter is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Congress neutered the bill by adding an exception for big corporations.”
What is a short sentence with neuter?
“a neuter noun”
What does neuter mean?
Neuter means neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.

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