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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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: network, 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, network, 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: network, electronic network] v
1: communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1535 1. a fabric or structure of cords or wires that cross at regular intervals and are knotted or secured at the crossings 2. a system of lines or channels resembling a network 3. a. an interconnected or interrelated chain, group, or system <a network of hotels> b. a system of computers, peripherals, terminals, and databases connected by communications lines 4. a. a group of radio or television stations linked by wire or radio relay b. a radio or television company that produces programs for broadcast over such a network 5. a usually informally interconnected group or association of persons (as friends or professional colleagues) II. verb Date: 1887 transitive verb 1. to cover with or as if with a network <a continent…so networked with navigable rivers and canals — Lamp> 2. chiefly British to distribute for broadcast on a television network; also broadcast 3 3. to join (as computers) in a network intransitive verb to engage in networking • networker noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines, like the structure of a net. 2 a complex system of railways, roads, canals, etc. 3 a group of people who exchange information, contacts, and experience for professional or social purposes. 4 a chain of interconnected computers, machines, or operations. 5 a system of connected electrical conductors. 6 a group of broadcasting stations connected for a simultaneous broadcast of a programme. --v. 1 tr. broadcast on a network. 2 intr. establish a network. 3 tr. link (machines, esp. computers) to operate interactively. 4 intr. be a member of a network (see sense 3 of n.).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Network Net"work`, n. 1. A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them. 2. Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(networks, networking, networked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A network of lines, roads, veins, or other long thin things is a large number of them which cross each other or meet at many points. ...Strasbourg, with its rambling network of medieval streets... The uterus is supplied with a rich network of blood vessels and nerves. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. A network of people or institutions is a large number of them that have a connection with each other and work together as a system. Distribution of the food is going ahead using a network of local church people and other volunteers... He is keen to point out the benefits which the family network can provide. N-COUNT: usu supp N, N of n see also old-boy network 3. A particular network is a system of things which are connected and which operate together. For example, a computer network consists of a number of computers that are part of the same system. ...a computer network with 154 terminals... Huge sections of the rail network are out of action. N-COUNT: oft n N see also neural network 4. A radio or television network is a company or group of companies that broadcasts radio or television programmes throughout an area. An American network says it has obtained the recordings. N-COUNT: usu supp N 5. When a television or radio programme is networked, it is broadcast at the same time by several different television companies. Lumsdon would like to see his programme sold and networked... He had once had his own networked chat show. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed 6. If you network, you try to meet new people who might be useful to you in your job. (BUSINESS) In business, it is important to network with as many people as possible on a face to face basis. VERB: V with n, also V

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

net'-wurk (sebhakhah): the Revised Version (British and American) in 2Ki 25:17; 2Ch 4:13 (also in the plural, 4:12,13), for "wreathen work" and "wreath" in the King James Version (of the adornment of the capitals of the pillars of Solomon's temple; see JACHIN AND BOAZ). "Networks" in Isa 19:9 is in the Revised Version (British and American) correctly rendered "white cloth." In the American Standard Revised Version "network" is substituted for "pictures" in the King James Version (Pr 25:11), "baskets" in the English Revised Version margin "filigree work."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Netting, reticulated or decussated work, interlacement.

Moby Thesaurus

arabesque, arrangement, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, circuit, coast-to-coast hookup, complex, cross-hatching, crossing-out, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, hookup, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, jungle, labyrinth, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, maze, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, organization, plexure, plexus, raddle, radio links, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, structure, system, tangle, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork