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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NEAP

Old English, as in nēpflōd neap tide, of uncertain origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NEAP

neap  [niːp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEAP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Neap can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NEAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Neap

Neap is a small village in the east coast of the Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Coordinates: 60°18′29″N 1°5′10″W / 60.30806°N 1.08611°W / 60.30806; -1.08611...

Definition of neap in the English dictionary

The definition of neap in the dictionary is of, relating to, or constituting a neap tide.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEAP


asleep
əˈsliːp
beep
biːp
cheap
tʃiːp
creep
kriːp
deep
diːp
heap
hiːp
Jeep
dʒiːp
keep
kiːp
leap
liːp
peep
piːp
reap
riːp
seep
siːp
sheep
ʃiːp
sleep
sliːp
steep
stiːp
Streep
striːp
sweep
swiːp
upkeep
ˈʌpˌkiːp
veep
viːp
weep
wiːp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEAP

neanderthaler
neanderthaloid
neanic
neap season
neap tide
Neapolis
Neapolitan
Neapolitan ice cream
Neapolitan sixth
near
near beer
Near East
near gale
near home
near letter quality
near miss
near money
near point
near real-time
near rhyme

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEAP

aheap
ant-heap
compost heap
dirt cheap
dirt-cheap
dung heap
junk heap
manure heap
on the cheap
on the scrapheap
overcheap
overheap
overleap
quantum leap
scrapheap
slag heap
sneap
trash heap
upheap
upleap

Synonyms and antonyms of neap in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «neap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEAP

Find out the translation of neap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of neap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小潮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neap
570 millions of speakers

English

neap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

NEAP
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

NEAP
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadratura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মরা কটাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

neap
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Neap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nipptide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小潮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오도 ​​가도 못하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Neap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước triều xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆண்டில் மிகக் குறைந்த மட்டத்தில் இருக்கும் அலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निपेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

onbeş günde bir olan hafif gelgit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

delle quadrature
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

neap
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

NEAP
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

PNAPM
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

neap
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dooie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

NEAP
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Neap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEAP»

The term «neap» is normally little used and occupies the 117.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEAP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «neap» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «neap» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about neap

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEAP»

Discover the use of neap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ecotourism & Certification: Setting Standards in Practice
The major improvements included in NEAP II are: • introduction of the Nature Tourism category; • an increased emphasis on the interpretation criteria to distinguish between Ecotourism Accreditation and Advanced Ecotourism Accreditation ...
Martha Honey, 2002
2
Inscriptiones Falsae
В Чп questo secundo lato del sepolchro tono altri senti di Augusto e di Liuid neap . p. 330, de п. 849* — 875*. Cum Neapolitano convenit delineatio in Vaticano f. 163, Tituli sunt in sex ordinibue, in eummo n. 849*— 853*, in secundo п. 854*— ...
W. Henzen G. B. de Rossi E. Bormann Christian Hulsen, W. Henzen, E. Bormann, 1966
3
Comparing science content in the National Assessment of ...
National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP extended constructed-response item – grade 4 Garbage is a big problem. In many cities and towns, garbage is taken away to landfills, which are often called dumps. Some landfills are very big  ...
National Center for Education Statistics
4
Comparing mathematics content in the National Assessment of ...
National Center for Education Statistics. TIMSS multiple-choice item – grade 8 Rectangle PQRS can be rotated (turned) onto rectangle UVST. What point is the center of rotation? A) P B) R C) S D) T E) V TIMSS short constructed-response item ...
National Center for Education Statistics
5
The Textual Tradition of Plato's Republic
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G. J. Boter, 1989
6
Modern Music of Western Europe: From the First Century of ...
Jerace, Neap. Jomelli, Neap. Lampugnani, Mil. Leo (Leonardo), Neap. Mancini, Neap. P. Martini, Bologn., Hist. wr. Mat</t«son,Germ.,Theor. asth. and polem. wr. Nardini (Viol). Palotta of Palermo. Paradies, Neap. Perez, Span, in Neap.
Raphael Georg Kiesewetter, 1848
7
Ecological Effects of Waste Water: Applied limnology and ...
... in mixing depth can be hypothesized to affect the daily maximum growth rate based on 14C productivity measurements made during the bloom. Thus, during neap-tide conditions (TPT=3 m), the mixing depth was only 1 m and the average  ...
E.B. Welch, 2002
8
Neap Tide
Novel dealing with love and loss.
Dorothy Hewett, 1999
9
Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis
The best fit for the data was by multiple linear regression analysis, where NEAP = 87 + (0.47 x protein) - (0.67 x potassium), accounting for 99% of the variability among diets (R2 = 0.986). Of the 159 ancestral diet scenarios tested, 87% ...
Peter Burckhardt, Bess Dawson-Hughes, Robert P. Heaney, 2004
10
A system of natural philosophy: being a course of lectures ...
The firing tides are the great ejl and the neap tides are the leaji about the equinoxes : but this commonly happens a little before the vernal and a little after the autumnal equinox. At the time of the equinoxes the sun is in the equator: and  ...
Thomas Rutherforth, 1748

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neap is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Exe SC sailors impress at River Exe Regatta - Sport - Cranbrook …
However, running a Regatta in the middle of the day requires neap tides for the Exe and the high tide left some shallow patches to negotiate! «Cranbrook Herald, Jul 15»
2
PQA wants ban on swimming three days before, after new moon
"It is not a good idea to swim in neap ebb/fatling tide, and it would be suicidal to swim in spring ebb/falling tide that is three days before and ... «Business Recorder, Jul 15»
3
Tide times: Week Commencing Monday 27th July 2015
... to do with the season and actually occur twice a month. Spring tides also mean lower low water. The opposite to a spring tide is a neap tide. «Halstead Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Kidney Failure Risk, Ammonia Excretion Linked
... urinary ammonia and net acid excretion decrease with glomerular filtration rate, whereas net endogenous acid production (NEAP) does not. «Renal and Urology News, Jul 15»
5
Tide times: Week Commencing Monday 20th July 2015
... to do with the season and actually occur twice a month. Spring tides also mean lower low water. The opposite to a spring tide is a neap tide. «Basildon Recorder, Jul 15»
6
Make the most of the good fishing before big chill hits
Last quarter of the moon occurred last night so now we have neap tides, with only about a metre of difference between high and low until things ... «Northern Star, Jul 15»
7
Georgia Still Ranks Near Bottom in Proficiency Standards
... were at or near the bottom in the 2013 measurements, and fell into NEAP's “below basic” achievement level when compared to other states. «ValdostaToday.com, Jul 15»
8
Special summer night in Bluffton
There was a neap tide when we tied up to the dock, the wind, what there was of it, raising only a few token waves. Buffalo's has a small menu at ... «Bluffton Today, Jul 15»
9
Tide times: Week Commencing Monday 13th July 2015
... to do with the season and actually occur twice a month. Spring tides also mean lower low water. The opposite to a spring tide is a neap tide. «Basildon Recorder, Jul 15»
10
Nesting birds brings new Abbots Langley play area development to …
At the beginning of this month, work was moving forward for the planned NEAP (neighbourhood equipped area for play) on land at the corner of ... «Watford Observer, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Neap [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/neap>. Apr 2024 ».
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