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Proto-Indo-European*neHd-
Proto-Indo-European*-yós
Proto-Germanic*natją
Proto-West Germanic*nati
Old Englishnett
Middle Englishnet
Englishnet
Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European*-om
Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
Proto-Germanic*werką
Proto-West Germanic*werk
Old Englishweorc
Middle Englishwerk
Englishwork
Englishnetwork

    Fromnet +‎work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate withGermanNetzwerk.

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    Noun

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    network (pluralnetworks)

    2. Anyinterconnected group or system.
      Anetwork of roads crisscrossed the country.
      The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute anetwork of life via their complex interactions.
      1. A set of people withsociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting ofoccupational orbusiness connections.
        To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strongnetwork.
        For people with mental health challenges, having a supportnetwork of family and friends can improve the chances of maintaining successful mental health care.
      3. (broadcasting) A group ofaffiliatedtelevision stations thatbroadcast commonprograms from a parent company.
        • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward",in Nate Green,Built for Show, page xi
          TV back then was five channels (threenetworks, PBS, and an independent station that ranI Love Lucy reruns), […]
      5. (computing, Internet) Acomputer network: multiplecomputers and otherdevices connected together to share information.
        The copy machine is connected to thenetwork so it can now serve as a printer.
    4. (literal) Afabric orstructure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
      • 1911, James George Frazer,The Golden Bough, volume 9, page287:
        He wore a mantle ofnetwork.

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    Translations

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    fabric or structure of fibrous elements
    interconnected group or system
    directory of people
    multiple computers and other devices connected together
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    Verb

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    network (third-person singular simple presentnetworks,present participlenetworking,simple past and past participlenetworked)

    1. (intransitive) Tointeractsocially for the purpose of getting connections or personaladvancement.
      Many people find it worthwhile tonetwork for jobs and information.
    2. (transitive) To connect two or morecomputers or other computerized devices.
      If wenetwork his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.
    3. (transitive) Tointerconnect agroup orsystem.
    4. (transitive, broadcasting) Tobroadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

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    interact socially
    to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
    to interconnect a group or system
    to broadcast across a network of stations and affiliates
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