network (n.)

  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

    [ Syn: web ]

  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. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

    [ Syn: net , mesh , meshing , meshwork ]

  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

    [ Syn: electronic network ]

    network (v.)

  1. communicate with and within a group; You have to network if you want to get a good job'

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