social networking service
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- noun
- /ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwɜrkɪŋ ˈsɜrvɪs/
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servicio de redes sociales
- Ping, the music social networking service that debuted in iTunes in 2010, will be shutting down on September 30.
Examples
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We all remember when Apple announced that it would be launching a social networking service for iTunes.
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Businesses often use social networking services to promote their products and interact with customers.
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Facebook is one of the most powerful social networking services currently available.
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"That photograph quickly attracted likes faster than any other image shared through the social networking service."
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Twitter is a free micro-blogging and social networking service.
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Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard University students, launched the social networking service in February 2004.
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I'd love to tell you how the Miiverse social networking service lets you play games and exchange messages with friends.
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Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University's endowment has made a small investment in Facebook Inc., the social-networking service that got started on its campus by Mark Zuckerberg.
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Facebook is one of the most popular social networking services used worldwide to connect with friends.
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Many new social networking services focus on helping people find others with similar hobbies or interests.
Synonyms
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Websites or apps that let people share messages, photos, and videos online
How Connected
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Surface Forms
Morphology
social + networking + service
The meaning is transparently compositional: 'social' (relating to relationships), 'networking' (making/maintaining connections), and 'service' (a provided platform or help) together directly convey a platform for connecting people. This follows common cross‑linguistic noun-compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Social networking service is a name that mixes social (people meeting), networking (a web of lines that links people) and service (a tool that helps them). So, it means a website or app that helps people 'connect' and 'share' with friends and others.