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NEP

Noun CEFR C2
nɛp

Definitions

  1. Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.
  2. A knot in a fibre.
  3. One who engages in nepotism, usually to the one who benefits from it.
  4. Nepali
  5. Initialism of New Economic Policy.
  6. Initialism of noise-equivalent power.
  7. Initialism of National Energy Program.
  8. Initialism of nanosatellite engineering professional.
  9. Initialism of National Election Pool.
  10. Initialism of non-English proficient.

Equivalents

FrançaisNEP
PortuguêsNEP
ItalianoNEP

Examples

“Nep is generally used for women to procure their courses, being taken inwardly or outwardly, either alone or with other convenient herbs in a decoction to bathe them, of sit⟳ over the hot fumes thereof.”
“The neps appear⟳ as small dense areas or spots when compared to the surrounding fibers.”
“Nepali job. Hundred and one per cent a Nep job. You've seen some of the crime they're responsible for. I tell⟳ you, these guys are fucking crazy. […] Ninety-nine per cent of this kind of crime, at least in Delhi, is done by Neps.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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