Neuter

Word NEUTER
Character 6
Hyphenation neu ter
Pronunciations /ˈnjuːtə/

Definitions and meanings of "Neuter"

What do we mean by neuter?

Neither masculine nor feminine in gender. adjective

Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs. adjective

Having undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs. adjective

Having pistils and stamens that are nonfunctional or absent. adjective

Castrated or spayed. Used of animals. adjective

Androgynous or asexual. adjective

Taking no side in a dispute; neutral. adjective

The neuter gender. noun

A neuter word. noun

A neuter noun. noun

An androgynous or asexual person. noun

A castrated animal. noun

An insect that has undeveloped or nonfunctional sexual organs, such as a worker bee. noun

One that is neutral in a dispute. noun

To castrate or spay. transitive verb

To render ineffective or powerless. transitive verb

Neither the one thing nor the other; not adhering to either party; taking no part with either side, as in a contention or discussion; neutral.

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.

A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.

(grammar) The neuter gender.

(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

(grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Neuter

The word "neuter" in example sentences

When the perfect participle of an _intransitive_ verb is joined to the neuter verb _to be_, the combination is not a passive verb, but a _neuter_ verb in a _passive form_; as, "He _is gone_; ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

If I remain neuter, and give no answer should the subject of the notes be broachd by Mr Hood; that silence will give consent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From the word neuter, which means neither, hence the term may be defined as one which is not a part of either, or does not take up with either side. ❋ Unknown (1915)

A quick aside: my Fr/Eng dictionary gives these words for "neuter" - chatrer and couper (ouch!) ❋ Unknown (2010)

A quick aside: my Fr/Eng dictionary gives these words for "neuter" - chatrer and couper ouch! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Regarding the use of “millenniums,” it’s also a feature of language that irregularities regularize, and since we have almost no one left anymore who knows Latin, it’s to be expected that we will not retain Latin neuter plural endings in lieu of the predominate English “s” plural pattern. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Verbs called neuter are used in the imperative mood; and, as this mood commands some one to _do_ something, any verb which adopts it, must be active. ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

In N.T. also and in the Apostolic Fathers the neuter is the prevailing form, e.g. 2 Tim 1: 16, 18; Tit. ❋ 1856-1924 (1905)

The use of the feminine for the neuter is a pure Hebraism, which occurs principally in the Psalms. ❋ 1856-1924 (1905)

The most important reason to neuter is to control the pet population and prevent unwanted pregnancies. ❋ Unknown (2011)

No such thing, Wad; the heaviest batteries front the Spanish land, pointing over a low, sandy, scorching plain, called the neuter ground, on which there is more fighting than any place in Europe. ❋ Anonymous (1829)

To spay/neuter or not to spay/neuter, that is the question ❋ Unknown (2010)

If it came to war, the United States should "sink their navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard, in other words neuter that regime." ❋ By ROGER COHEN (2010)

A senior European diplomat described the review of the mentors for the prosecutors as the latest attempt to "neuter" anticorruption efforts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She was `vierge moderne'-neither a woman nor a man, a "neuter", nearer in spirit to a fact of nature, a material object. ❋ David McDuff (2009)

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