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neutral
What does neutral mean?
neutral (adjective): having no personal preference.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce neutral?
/ˈnutɹəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does neutral come from?
From Middle French neutral (compare Modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to neutral
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “neutral” mean?
solitary; having no companion
Not quite: that's what lone means.
ruling; governing; prevailing
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characteristic of the present
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having no personal preference
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