network
US /ˈnɛˌtwɝk/
Definition
an interconnected system of things or people
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The technician repaired the office network after it stopped working this morning.
Synonyms
- systeminstrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- grida pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
- weban intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
Collocations
- Easy computer networkdescribing computer network (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
- Medium expand professional business networkto enlarge or grow in scope or area regarding professional business network
- Hard secure encrypted enterprise network infrastructureto secure encrypted enterprise network infrastructure, meaning to get by special effort
- Very Hard entrenched old boys network controlling board seatsto entrenched old boys network controlling board seats, meaning to fix firmly or securely
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.