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network

net·work

UK/ˈnɛt.wɜːk/ US/ˈnɛt.wɝk/ common
noun (5) verb (1)

noun

1.

an interconnected system of things or people

  • “he owned a network of shops”
  • “retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life”
  • “tangled in a web of cloth”
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2.

(broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs

  • “the networks compete to broadcast important sports events”
3.
4.

a system of intersecting lines or channels

  • “a railroad network”
  • “a network of canals”
5.

(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

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verb

1.

communicate with and within a group

  • “You have to network if you want to get a good job”

Origin

From net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses.

Phrases

  • affiliate network
  • Bayesian network
  • co-occurrence network
  • Elman network
  • Feistel network
  • generative adversarial network
  • good old boy network
  • integrated services digital network

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