network

Noun

• (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

• a system of intersecting lines or channels
  • a railroad network
    
  • a network of canals
    

• an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

• (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
    

• 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
    

Verb

• communicate with and within a group
  • You have to network if you want to get a good job
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  electronic network , net , mesh , meshing , meshwork , web