network

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an interconnected system of things or people
  2. noun (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
  3. noun an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

Etymology

From net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate with German Netzwerk.

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Synonyms

web

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