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network

  • noun
  • /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/

Any interconnected group or system.

Example

“A network of roads crisscrossed the country.”

Other meanings

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

  2. A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.

Synonyms

  • web

Related words

  • mesonet
  • affiliate network
  • Bayesian network
  • bionetwork
  • co-occurrence network
  • cybernetwork
  • Elman network
  • Feistel network
  • fragnet
  • generative adversarial network
  • network television
  • good old boy network

Example sentences

  • “I have a stronger support network now.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “network” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.