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Rareneuter
The correct spelling is neuter.
How to pronounce neuter
/ˈnjuːtə/
nounIPA: /ˈnjuːtə/
Say it like: Neu-ter
The correct spelling is neuter. An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden… For example: "a neuter noun"
Usage Examples
“a neuter noun”
“a neuter verb”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
- 2.A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
- 3.(grammar) The neuter gender.
- 4.(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
- 5.(grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
verb
- 1.To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
- 2.To rid of sexuality.
- 3.To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.
adjective
- 1.Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
- 2.(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.
- 3.(grammar) Intransitive.
- 4.Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.
- 5.Sexless, nonsexual.
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