--- title: N — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 description: The 341 words of the school dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / N # N — The school dictionary · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/4/) - [neglect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglect/) — To not give enough care or attention to someone or something you should look after. — 12 sentences - [neglected](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neglected/) — Neglected means not looked after or cared for: a neglected garden, a neglected dog. — 10 sentences - [negligence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligence/) — Not taking proper care, so that something bad may happen. — 8 sentences - [negligible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negligible/) — So small or unimportant that it is not worth thinking about: a negligible amount. — 9 sentences - [negotiate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiate/) — To talk with others to reach an agreement, often each side giving a little: negotiate a deal. — 10 sentences - [negotiation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negotiation/) — Negotiation is talking with others to reach an agreement when you want different things, like deciding bedtime with your parents. — 12 sentences - [negro](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negro/) — «Negro» was a word once used in English for a Black person, especially a person of African descent; today it is considered offensive and i… — 9 sentences - [neigh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/) — verb. — 11 sentences - [neighbor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbor/) — A neighbor is a person who lives next to you or near you. — 12 sentences - [neighbour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbour/) — A neighbour is a person who lives next to you or near you. — 13 sentences - [neighbourhood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/) — A neighbourhood is the area around where you live, with its streets, homes and people. — 9 sentences - [neighbourly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourly/) — Friendly and helpful in the way a good neighbour is. — 9 sentences - [neither](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neither/) — Neither means not this one and not that one, of two. If neither cat is black, both cats are another colour. — 13 sentences - [nelson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nelson/) — A nelson is a hold in wrestling where you put your arm under your opponent's arm and push on the back of their neck; a full nelson uses bo… — 14 sentences - [nemesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nemesis/) — A nemesis is the thing that brings a person's downfall or punishment, something they deserve for bad deeds. — 4 sentences - [nenets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/) — The Nenets are a people of the Arctic in northern Russia who traditionally herd reindeer. — 8 sentences - [neolithic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neolithic/) — Belonging to the New Stone Age, the last part of the Stone Age, when people began farming, keeping animals, making pottery and polished st… — 8 sentences - [neon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neon/) — A gas found in tiny amounts in the air; it has no colour or smell, but glows bright red-orange when electricity passes through it. — 10 sentences - [neoteny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neoteny/) — Keeping young or baby-like features after growing up, in animals or people. — 8 sentences - [nepali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/) — The main language of Nepal, a country in the Himalaya mountains between India and China. — 9 sentences - [nephew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nephew/) — Your nephew is the son of your brother or sister. — 9 sentences - [nerd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerd/) — A person who is very interested and clever in one subject, such as computers, science or maths, and knows a lot about it. — 10 sentences - [nerve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/) — One of the long thin fibres in the body that carry messages between the brain and other parts, so we can feel and move. — 13 sentences - [nerves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/) — Nerves are thin fibres in your body that carry messages between your brain and other parts of your body, so you can feel and move. — 11 sentences - [nervous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervous/) — Nervous means feeling worried or a little scared about something that is going to happen. — 10 sentences - [nervously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervously/) — In a worried, slightly afraid way. — 7 sentences - [nervousness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervousness/) — Nervousness is the feeling of being worried, uneasy or a bit scared about something that is going to happen. — 9 sentences - [nervy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nervy/) — Nervous, jumpy and easily worried or frightened. — 11 sentences - [ness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ness/) — As a suffix, «-ness» is added to an adjective to make a noun that names a quality or state: kind → kindness, happy → happiness, dark → dar… — 13 sentences - [nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nest/) — A nest is a home that birds build to lay their eggs and raise their young. — 13 sentences - [nestled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nestled/) — To nestle is to settle snugly close to someone or something: the child nestled closer to the old man. — 3 sentences - [nestling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nestling/) — A baby bird too young to leave the nest. — 11 sentences - [net](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/net/) — A material made of string, thread or wire tied together with holes in between, or a thing made of it, like a fishing net, a butterfly net… — 14 sentences - [netball](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/) — Netball is a team game, popular in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries, in which two teams of seven try to thr… — 10 sentences - [netted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netted/) — Caught with a net. — 12 sentences - [netting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netting/) — Netting is material made of string, rope, wire or plastic threads tied or woven into a mesh with holes. — 10 sentences - [nettle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nettle/) — A wild plant with jagged leaves covered in tiny hairs that sting and cause an itchy, burning rash when they touch your skin. — 11 sentences - [network](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/) — A network is a system of lines, roads, wires or paths that cross or connect with each other. — 14 sentences - [neuter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neuter/) — To neuter a pet animal is to have a vet do an operation so it can't have babies. — 9 sentences - [neutered](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutered/) — A neutered animal, like a cat or dog, has had a small operation by a vet so that it cannot have babies. — 10 sentences - [neutral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutral/) — Not taking any side in an argument, game or war. — 13 sentences - [neutralisation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutralisation/) — A chemical reaction in which an acid and an alkali (or base) react and cancel each other out, making a salt and water. — 8 sentences - [neutralise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutralise/) — To make an acid or alkali neutral by mixing them: an antacid neutralises stomach acid. — 10 sentences - [neutralize](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutralize/) — To stop something from having an effect, so it no longer does harm. — 9 sentences - [neutralized](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutralized/) — Made a substance neither acid nor alkali, by mixing in the opposite kind. — 10 sentences - [neutron](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neutron/) — A neutron is one of the tiny particles inside the centre (nucleus) of an atom. — 8 sentences - [neve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neve/) — Névé: old, grainy snow on a glacier or high mountain that has partly melted and refrozen, on its way to becoming glacier ice. — 7 sentences - [never](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/never/) — Never means not at any time, not even once. — 25 sentences - [nevertheless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nevertheless/) — In spite of what has just been said; even so. — 13 sentences - [new](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/new/) — New means just made, just bought or not used before. — 23 sentences - [newbie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newbie/) — A newbie is someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job or website, and doesn't know much yet. — 7 sentences - [newborn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newborn/) — Just born, only a few hours, days or weeks old: «a newborn baby», «a newborn lamb». — 8 sentences - [newcomer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newcomer/) — A person who has just arrived in a place, joined a group, or started something for the first time. — 8 sentences - [newfoundland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newfoundland/) — Newfoundland is a large island off the east coast of Canada; with Labrador it forms the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. — 9 sentences - [newly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/) — Recently; not long ago: «a newly built school». — 9 sentences - [newness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newness/) — The state of being new or fresh. — 8 sentences - [news](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/news/) — New information about something that has just happened. — 13 sentences - [newsagent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/) — A small shop selling newspapers, magazines, sweets, drinks and often stamps. — 8 sentences - [newsletter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsletter/) — A short printed sheet or email sent regularly to a group of people, with news about a school, club, company or place. — 7 sentences - [newspaper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newspaper/) — Large folded sheets of printed paper with news, stories, pictures and adverts, published every day or week. — 11 sentences - [newsreader](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsreader/) — A newsreader is a person who reads the news on television or radio. — 7 sentences - [newsworthy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/) — Interesting or important enough to be reported in the news. — 7 sentences - [newt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newt/) — A newt is a small amphibian with a long tail, four short legs and damp skin that lives partly in water and partly on land. — 8 sentences - [newton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newton/) — In science, a newton is the unit used to measure force; its symbol is N. — 9 sentences - [next](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/next/) — Next means the one that comes right after this one. Next week is the week after this week. — 15 sentences - [ng](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ng/) — The letter pair «ng» that makes one sound, as at the end of sing, ring and long. — 9 sentences - [ni](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ni/) — NI is short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. — 10 sentences - [nibble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nibble/) — To eat something by taking very small bites. — 13 sentences - [nicaea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/) — Nicaea was an ancient city in what is now Turkey (today the town of İznik). — 8 sentences - [nice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/) — Nice means pleasant, enjoyable or good: «a nice day». — 12 sentences - [nicely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicely/) — In a pleasant, kind or polite way: «ask nicely». — 8 sentences - [nicene](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicene/) — Nicene describes something connected with Nicaea, an ancient city in what is now Turkey, where Christian leaders met in a great council. — 8 sentences - [niche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niche/) — A niche is a small hollow or alcove built into a wall, often to hold a statue or ornament. — 11 sentences - [nick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nick/) — A nick is a small cut or notch on a surface or the skin. — 13 sentences - [nickel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nickel/) — A nickel is a US (and Canadian) coin worth 5 cents. — 10 sentences - [nickname](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nickname/) — A short or friendly name used instead of someone's real name, such as "Liz" for Elizabeth. — 11 sentences - [nicotine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicotine/) — A chemical drug found in tobacco plants, cigarettes and vapes; it is poisonous and makes people addicted, so they find it very hard to stop. — 8 sentences - [niece](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/niece/) — A daughter of your brother or sister (or of your husband's or wife's brother or sister). — 9 sentences - [nigerian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerian/) — Nigerian means from or connected with Nigeria, a large country in West Africa. — 9 sentences - [nigerien](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigerien/) — From or to do with Niger, a country in West Africa. — 8 sentences - [nigh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nigh/) — Nigh means near, either in place or in time: «The end is nigh». — 12 sentences - [night](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/night/) — The dark time between evening and morning when the sun cannot be seen. — 13 sentences - [nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightcap/) — A soft cloth cap people used to wear in bed to keep their heads warm. — 8 sentences - [nightfall](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightfall/) — The time in the evening when it becomes dark; dusk. — 8 sentences - [nightie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightie/) — A nightdress: a loose dress worn in bed, mostly by girls and women. — 8 sentences - [nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightingale/) — A nightingale is a small brown bird famous for its beautiful, loud, varied song, which it often sings at night as well as in the day. — 10 sentences - [nightjar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightjar/) — A brown, speckled bird that hunts moths at dusk and at night and makes a long, whirring, churring song. It sleeps on the ground or along a… — 8 sentences - [nightly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightly/) — Happening every night. — 9 sentences - [nightmare](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightmare/) — A frightening or very upsetting dream. — 11 sentences - [nightshade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nightshade/) — A family of plants that includes some very poisonous ones, such as deadly nightshade, which has shiny black berries. — 8 sentences - [nihilism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nihilism/) — The belief that nothing really matters or has meaning, and that life has no purpose. — 8 sentences - [nil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nil/) — Nil means nothing or zero. — 8 sentences - [nimble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/) — Able to move quickly, easily and lightly. — 10 sentences - [nimbly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimbly/) — Nimbly means quickly and lightly, with easy, quick movements: the cat ran nimbly up the tree. — 3 sentences - [nine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nine/) — Nine is the number 9. It comes after eight and before ten. — 13 sentences - [ninepence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepence/) — An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our money was changed to decimal coins; an amount of money, not a count of coins. — 4 sentences - [ninepins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepins/) — A game in which a ball is rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to knock them down. — 4 sentences - [nineteen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteen/) — Nineteen is the number 19. It is ten and nine, one less than twenty. — 12 sentences - [nineteenth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/) — Nineteenth tells the place number 19 in order, like the nineteenth runner to finish. — 12 sentences - [ninety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/) — Ninety is the number 90. It is nine tens. — 13 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/4/)