MEANING
A system of linked people, devices, routes, or other elements.
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Words that belong together
- communications network
- neural network
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The communications network failed one relay at a time.
Word forms
- Base
- network
- Past tense
- networked
- Past participle
- networked
- Present participle
- networking
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular network; plural networks. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: networks.
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