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Noun network has 5 senses

network, web - 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"
--₁ is a kind of system, scheme
--₁ has particulars: reticulum; espionage network; old boy network; support system
Derived form: verb network₁
network - (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"
--₂ is a kind of communication system, communication equipment
net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork - an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
--₃ is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
--₃ has parts: backbone
--₃ has particulars:
chicken wire; gauze, netting, veiling; hairnet; reseau; safety net; save-all; snood; spark arrester, sparker; tulle; wirework, grillwork
network - a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"
--₄ is a kind of system
--₄ has particulars:
grid, reference grid; reseau; reticle, reticule, graticule; reticulation
network, electronic network - (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
--₅ is a kind of system
--₅ has particulars:
computer network; early warning system; superhighway, information superhighway

Verb network has 1 sense

network - communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
--₁ is one way to communicate, intercommunicate

Derived form: noun network₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s