What does "nat" mean?
Initialism of nucleic acid test.
Nat
/næt/ adj, adv, name, noun, slang
adj, adv, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Initialism of nucleic acid test.
- Grammar: nat is listed as adj, adv, name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: counting numbers, natasha, national, national party.
- Useful contrasts: negative integers.
- Usage evidence: Andre thought Nat would always be on the down low and never come out.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of nucleic acid test. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 A member or supporter of the Australian National Party. Australian, informal, slang
- 3 A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
"They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness."
- 4 A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
- 5 Clipping of natatorium. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
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- 6 Acronym of network address translation (“network address rewriting”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 7 A member or supporter of the New Zealand National Party. New-Zealand, informal, slang
- 8 Acronym of network address translator (“device that implements that network function; a NAT firewall”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 9 A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party. UK, informal, slang
- 10 Negative automatic thoughts. countable, uncountable
- 11 A member or supporter of the National Party of South Africa. South-African, dated, informal, slang
Adjective
- 1 Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable, slang
"After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me."
Adverb
- 1 Not. not-comparable, obsolete
"And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there."
Proper Noun
- 1 Abbreviation of National Party. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 A unisex given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel, Nathan. countable, uncountable
"Nathan was one of the tiniest, tottering along, holding on to the hand of a much older girl. Nat. Small like a gnat."
- 3 Abbreviation of North Atlantic Tracks. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 A unisex given name.; A diminutive of the female given name Natasha, Natalie, Natalia. countable, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of National Achievement Test. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 A surname countable, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
negative integers
Example
"Andre thought Nat would always be on the down low and never come out."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "nat"?
Common synonyms include: counting numbers, natasha, national, national party, natural numbers.
How do you use "nat" in a sentence?
Andre thought Nat would always be on the down low and never come out.
How do you pronounce "nat"?
Pronounced /næt/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).
Etymology 2
Reduced form of naught.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of natural logarithm.
Etymology 4
Clipping of natural.