(~s)
1.
If a person or country adopts a ~ position or remains ~, they do not support anyone in a disagreement, war, or contest.
Let’s meet on ~ territory...
Those who had decided to remain ~ in the struggle now found themselves required to take sides.
ADJ
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A ~ is someone who is ~.
It was a good game to watch for the ~s.
N-COUNT
~ity
...a reputation for political ~ity and impartiality.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone speaks in a ~ voice or if the expression on their face is ~, they do not show what they are thinking or feeling.
Isabel put her magazine down and said in a ~ voice, ‘You’re very late, darling.’...
He told her about the death, describing the events in as ~ a manner as he could.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ity
I noticed, behind the ~ity of his gaze, a deep weariness.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you say that something is ~, you mean that it does not have any effect on other things because it lacks any significant qualities of its own, or it is an equal balance of two or more different qualities, amounts, or ideas.
Three in every five interviewed felt that the Budget was ~ and they would be no better off...
ADJ
4.
Neutral is the position between the gears of a vehicle such as a car, in which the gears are not connected to the engine.
Graham put the van in ~ and jumped out into the road.
N-UNCOUNT: oft into/in N
5.
In an electrical device or system, the ~ wire is one of the three wires needed to complete the circuit so that the current can flow. The other two wires are called the earth wire and the live or positive wire.
ADJ
6.
Neutral is used to describe things that have a pale colour such as cream or grey, or that have no colour at all.
At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale ~ grey...
COLOUR
7.
In chemistry, ~ is used to describe things that are neither acid nor alkaline.
Pure water is ~ with a pH of 7.
ADJ