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networking

networking

91 3.3
Meeting and talking with people to share information and make work contacts
  • noun
  • /ˈnɛtˌwɜrkɪŋ/
translation icon : networking
  • During the conference, attendees engaged in networking to build valuable professional relationships.
  • social networking
  • professional networking
  • online networking

And in this video, I'm going to talk about networking in person and online.

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Examples

  • I tell you, Gus, this is the only kind of networking I don't mind doing with the Indian community.

  • Look, you should be out networking and meeting other directors.

  • Talking to people that you want advice from or networking in general is a dance.

  • This is where all the networking happens, where all the action goes down.

  • I have some serious networking to do.

  • I just want to prove the value of networking connections.

  • And in this video, I'm going to talk about networking in person and online.

  • Well, I organise events like car shows and functions and networking, mostly for executives.

  • Its efforts focus principally on education, networking, and marketing, rather than advocacy.

    Academic text (2017)
  • That's a moment that reminds me how fruitful networking is and how satisfying it is.

Synonyms

socializing
vsnetworking
  • US
14 2.1

Spending time with other people to enjoy their company and make friends

aims to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts rather than for pleasure
mingling
vsnetworking
8 3.2

To move around and talk to different people at a social event

focuses on exchanging information and forming professional or social contacts
dealings
vsnetworking
3.0

Contacts and activities with people and groups, often in business or official situations

is about meeting to exchange information and build contacts rather than formal transactions

Antonyms

39 3.7

Keeping away from something or stopping it from happening

Compounds

A website or app that helps people connect and share messages and photos

How Social

networking
91 3.3
socializing
  • US
14 2.1
to chat
  • Informal
269 1.0

Surface Forms

networking singular
networkings plural

Morphology

networking = network (transparent) = network + ing

A standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'network' meaning the activity of interacting to form contacts.

Etymology

Networking comes from the simple idea of a net ('a web of threads') and work ('activity'); imagine a net that links people so ideas and help can move between them. So networking means meeting and connecting with people to share information and find new opportunities.