network

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 62.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any interconnected group or system.

   A network of roads crisscrossed the country.

2. noun A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.

   To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.

3. noun A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
4. noun A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.

   The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.

5. noun A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
6. verb To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

   Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.

7. verb To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.

   If we network his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.

8. verb To interconnect a group or system.

Similar words

meshwork net mesh reticulation web communications network lacis ring array chain

Often followed by

of is and in to for that with management

Word family

networked networker networkers networking networks