to network
- verb
- /ˈnɛtˌwɜrk/
- To advance your career, it is essential to network with professionals in your field.
- an opportunity to network
- ability to network
- network with professionals
The best way to get people to read your script is to network, go to.
- The best way to get people to read your script is to network, go to.
- So it's kind of where you network as well as networking.
- Like you don't know nobody like networking, what you doing?
Examples
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You go, and you network with people and if you really love what you do then the whole guy thing is easier.
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On completion of the scheme, opportunities to network with other practitioners can be invaluable.
Academic text (2010) -
And yeah, I just want to network and, and create opportunity.
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If you want to break in, you got to network... ...and I know how to network.
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You know, yeah, but you just have to be careful who you talk to, who you network with, okay?
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Get to where you gotta get to, network with who you gotta network with and make it to the top.
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Waiting in line provides the opportunity to meet and network with other professionals.
Academic text (2012) -
Teachers also need to network with other professionals, both within and outside Africa.
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Eventually, I managed to network with other general music teachers, which has helped enormously.
Academic text (2001) -
At international conferences or workshops, I often meet individuals with whom I have been networking for years.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening
Make others feel understood and build a friendly relationship
To meet and talk to people to build work contacts
To meet and keep in contact with people who can help your career
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of computers and devices that are connected to share files and printers
- Literature
Men from the same schools who use connections to help each other get jobs and often keep others out
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A network that connects computers and devices in one building like an office
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An electrical system of connected parts that sends or changes signals between devices
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A secret group of people who gather information for a government
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The design and structure of a computer or communication network showing how parts connect and work together
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A group of connected nerve cells that work together to control body functions
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A system that links groups of computers in different cities or countries
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A set of computers and other machines connected to one main cable to share data
- Offensive
A joking name for CNN that says it supports the Clintons or the Democratic Party
- Offensive
A mocking name for a news channel people use to say it supports the political left
- Specialized
A hidden system of computers and accounts used to steal information
A part of the US government that works to stop money laundering and other crimes with money
- Literature
A large group of people who work together online to support a cause or project
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The arrangement of layers and connections in a computer model that learns from data
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A device that connects parts of a computer network so they work as one
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How devices like computers and cables are arranged and connected in a communication system
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How layers and simple units connect in a computer model that learns
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A network of special heart fibers that carry electrical signals to make the heart's lower chambers contract
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A computer method that finds a clear boundary to separate different groups of data
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An electronic circuit with two parts in line and one across them forming a T shape
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A system that sends data over short distances without wires, like in an office
How Connected
Surface Forms
Etymology
To network comes from the idea of making a net ('a web of connections') by work ('making' or acting), so you build links with people like threads in a net. That's why to network means to meet and connect with others to share information and help each other.