What is "neuter" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does neuter mean in English? Meaning of neuter definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "neuter" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "neuter": a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)

Noun

  • Meaning: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
  • Synonyms: neuter
  • Hypernyms: gender grammatical gender
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnuːtɚ/, /ˈnjuːtɚ/

    Meaning of "neuter": remove the ovaries of

    Verb

  • Meaning: remove the ovaries of
  • Example: Is your cat spayed?
  • Synonyms: alter castrate neuter spay
  • Hyponyms: defeminise defeminize
  • Hypernyms: desex desexualise desexualize fix sterilise sterilize unsex
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnuːtɚ/, /ˈnjuːtɚ/

    Meaning of "neuter": of grammatical gender

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of grammatical gender
  • Example: `it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun
  • Synonyms: neuter
  • Antonyms: feminine masculine
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnuːtɚ/, /ˈnjuːtɚ/

    Meaning of "neuter": having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
  • Synonyms: neuter sexless
  • Similar: asexual nonsexual
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈnuːtɚ/, /ˈnjuːtɚ/

  • Adjective: (archaic) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. (Can we date this quote?) South: In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter.(Can we date this quote?) South: In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter.(grammar) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex. a neuter noun; the neuter definite article; a neuter termination; the neuter gender(grammar) Intransitive a neuter verb(biology) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless.
  • Synonyms:

    sterilize, spay, mutilate, castrate, doctor, fix, unsex, geld, dress, alter, change, desexualize, make barren, make impotent, make infertile, make sexless,

    Antonyms:

    remain, continue, keep,

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    neuter in English: neuter
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