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Dictionary: ship·shape   (shĭp'shāp') pronunciation
adj.
Marked by meticulous order and neatness; tidy. See synonyms at neat1.

[Short for obsolete shipshapen, arranged as a ship should be : SHIP + shapen, past participle of SHAPE .]

shipshape ship'shape' adv.

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adjective

    In good order or clean condition: neat, orderly, snug, spick-and-span, spruce, taut, tidy, trig, trim, well-groomed. Chiefly British tight. Idioms: neat as a pin. See clean/dirty, order/disorder.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
  Synonyms: trim, well-kept


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - i fin orden

Nederlands (Dutch)
piekfijn, in orde, brandschoon

Français (French)
adj. - (GB) bien en ordre
adv. - (GB) bien en ordre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - in bester Ordnung
adv. - in bester Ordnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άψογος
adv. - στην εντέλεια, στην τρίχα

Italiano (Italian)
ordinato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - em ordem, limpo
adv. - ordenadamente

Русский (Russian)
аккуратный, как следует

Español (Spanish)
adj. - en orden, bien arreglado
adv. - ordenadamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mönstergill, i god ordning, välordnad, snyggt och prydligt, sjömansmässig
adv. - mönstergillt, i god ordning, välordnat, sjömansmässigt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
整齐的, 整洁的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 整齊的, 整潔的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 정돈된, 정연한, 말쑥한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - きちんとした, 整然とした
adv. - きちんと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرتب حسب ألنظام (ظرف) بترتيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסודר, מטופח, מצוחצח‬


 
 
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