"Net" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "the Net",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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        }
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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",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "meronyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Internet"
          ],
          "word": "Web"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Internet"
          ],
          "word": "World Wide Web"
        }
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, informal) The Internet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "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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      "expansion": "Net",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 October 7, Tyra Garlington, The Memory Box, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:",
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 9, Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, 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": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A nickname for someone named Jeannette (or any of its alternative forms)."
      ],
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        [
          "nickname",
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        [
          "Jeannette",
          "Jeannette#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Net"
}

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    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "netiquette"
    },
    {
      "word": "netizen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Net",
      "tags": [
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    }
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      },
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Internet."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, informal) The Internet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Net"
}

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    "English uncountable nouns",
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          "ref": "2014 October 7, Tyra Garlington, The Memory Box, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:",
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 9, Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, 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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nickname for someone named Jeannette (or any of its alternative forms)."
      ],
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        [
          "Jeannette",
          "Jeannette#English"
        ]
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