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say it: NEH-twurk
network is a noun and verb meaning "an interconnected system of things or people". It carries 6 recorded senses.
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”
(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”
broadcasting
a system of intersecting lines or channels
“a railroad network”
“a network of canals”
(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
electronics
communicate with and within a group
“You have to network if you want to get a good job”
computer science
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for network come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.