"Net" meaning in English

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      "form": "the Net",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
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            "Technology",
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          "source": "w"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "netiquette"
        },
        {
          "word": "netizen"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Web is just part of the Net.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Internet."
      ],
      "id": "en-Net-en-name-NaDT85r7",
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          "computing",
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        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "meronyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Internet"
          ],
          "word": "Web"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Internet"
          ],
          "word": "World Wide Web"
        }
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, informal) The Internet."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Net"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
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  "pos": "name",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 October 7, Tyra Garlington, The Memory Box, Xlibris Corporation",
          "text": "Grandmother used my full middle name when she was talking about me. “Net's, short for Jeannette, baby,” Grandmother proudly answered each time. They all knew who Net was. “Net's gone back to Cincinnati,” she added.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 9, Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Simon and Schuster, page 11",
          "text": "But it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for you, Net. 'Cuz I'm not like my parents. I want what's best for you. Always. You know that, right?” “Yeah.” Mom pauses the way she does before she's about to say something she thinks is a part[…]",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A nickname for someone named Jeannette (or any of its alternative forms)."
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        [
          "Jeannette",
          "Jeannette#English"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Net"
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    {
      "word": "netizen"
    }
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  "meronyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "word": "Web"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "word": "World Wide Web"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "name",
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        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Web is just part of the Net.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Internet."
      ],
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        ],
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          "Internet"
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      ],
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        "(computing, informal) The Internet."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Net"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
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          "text": "Grandmother used my full middle name when she was talking about me. “Net's, short for Jeannette, baby,” Grandmother proudly answered each time. They all knew who Net was. “Net's gone back to Cincinnati,” she added.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 9, Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Simon and Schuster, page 11",
          "text": "But it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for you, Net. 'Cuz I'm not like my parents. I want what's best for you. Always. You know that, right?” “Yeah.” Mom pauses the way she does before she's about to say something she thinks is a part[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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          "Jeannette",
          "Jeannette#English"
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