web
89
4.2
- noun
- /wɛb/
:
entramado
- Like all social institutions, marriage is constituted by a unique web of shared public meanings.
- food web
- a complex web
- web as a metaphor
And so it's just like this web of things happening.
- And so it's just like this web of things happening.
- We're born into a, a matrix, a web of relationships.
- Well, now you've got to convert that tangled web into a linear string of words.
- I can't remember the web of eccentric tales I've told.
- But what happens when you have to translate your web of ideas into a sentence?
- It's basically a harmonic web of life.
- I think that is pretty miraculous, let alone putting words in that web, don't you?
Examples
-
It all adds up to a tangled web of interpersonal obligation.
-
It's just all like a very intertwined web of conflicts of interest.
-
And so it's just like this web of things happening.
-
And so we're locked in a kind of web war.
-
We're born into a, a matrix, a web of relationships.
-
Talk to all the experts, create a vast web of of expertise here.
-
In short, the text operates within a web of complex consumer-driven relations.
Academic text (2013) -
Studies that do not try to disentangle this web of influences are not accepted by the top journals.
Academic text (2011) -
Many skills and understandings intertwine in a web that each student weaves a little differently for themselves.
Academic text (1999) -
The investigation uncovered a complex web of corruption involving several high-profile officials.
Synonyms
647
2.9
A group of connected people or businesses that share information
11
6.6
A difficult situation that traps someone, often with lies
3
3.3
A tangled network of people or things that is hard to escape
1
6.5
A pattern of many thin connected lines that form a net
Antonyms
Compounds
- Texting
8
3.5
A computer or program that stores and sends website pages to people on the internet
- Specialized
A round spider net with straight lines from the center and rings of sticky thread
- Specialized
A slender tropical insect that lives in colonies and spins silk tunnels for nests
- Specialized
A small water-and-land animal with webbed toes and a long tongue used to catch insects and climb smooth rocks
How Entangled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Web is used for a tangled or trapped situation because a spider's web has many crossing threads that can hold or link things, so a 'web of lies' or a 'web of streets' means many connected parts that are hard to escape.