tidy

adjective

/ˈtaɪdi/

(comparative tidier, superlative tidiest)

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(especially British English) arranged neatly and with everything in order
- a tidy desk
- She keeps her flat very tidy.
- I like everything to be neat and tidy.
- The room was clean and tidy.
- The place has never looked so tidy.
opposite untidy
Extra Examples
- It was a neatly furnished and immaculately tidy room.
- She admired the incredibly tidy garden.
- Why does nothing ever stay tidy around here?
- When we had finished the churchyard looked far tidier.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- seem
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
phrases
- clean and tidy
- neat and tidy
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(especially British English) keeping things neat and in order
- I'm a tidy person.
- He is obsessively tidy.
- tidy habits
opposite untidy
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- seem
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
phrases
- clean and tidy
- neat and tidy
See full entry
[only before noun] (informal) a tidy amount of money is fairly large synonym considerable
- It must have cost a tidy sum.
- a tidy profit

Word OriginMiddle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.

tidy

verb

/ˈtaɪdi/

[intransitive, transitive] (especially British English)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they tidy	/ˈtaɪdi/ /ˈtaɪdi/
he / she / it tidies	/ˈtaɪdiz/ /ˈtaɪdiz/
past simple tidied	/ˈtaɪdid/ /ˈtaɪdid/
past participle tidied	/ˈtaɪdid/ /ˈtaɪdid/
-ing form tidying	/ˈtaɪdiɪŋ/ /ˈtaɪdiɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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to make something look neat by putting things in the place where they belong
- I spent all morning cleaning and tidying.
- tidy something to tidy a room
- I've tidied the bedroom and the bathroom.
Extra Examples
- He spent a few minutes tidying his desk.
- I've been tidying my room.
Word OriginMiddle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.

tidy

noun

/ˈtaɪdi/

(plural tidies)

(British English) especially in compounds

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a container for putting small objects in, in order to keep a place tidy
- a desk tidy
Word OriginMiddle English: from the noun tide + -y. The original meaning was ‘timely, opportune’; it later had various senses expressing approval, usually of a person, including ‘attractive’, ‘healthy’, and ‘skilful’; the sense ‘orderly, neat’ dates from the early 18th cent.

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