1 | noun | an interconnected system of things or people 2 | noun | (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs 3 | noun | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals 4 | noun | a system of intersecting lines or channels 5 | noun | (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits 6 | verb | communicate with and within a group (6 meanings)

n'etw, erk (IPA: nˈɛtwˌɝk)

net-work (7 letters | 2 syllables)

1560 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (466 years ago)

written: 1327th most common (1 in 12821 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 1949th most common (1 in 37037 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

networks | networked | networking

web | mesh | meshing | meshwork | net | electronic network (total: 6)

espionage network | old boy network | reticulum | support system | chicken wire | gauze | grillwork | hairnet | netting | reseau | safety net | save-all | snood | spark arrester | sparker | ... (total: 26)

scheme | system | communication equipment | communication system | cloth | fabric | material | textile | communicate | intercommunicate (total: 10)

(none among common words)

artwork | fretwork | legwork | outwork

(none among common words)

electronic network | local area network | network architecture | network army | network programming | network topology | neural network | Purkinje network | T-network | wide area network | wireless local area network (total: 11)

Spanish: | complejo (system) | red (system) French: | complexe (system) | réseau (system) Portuguese: | complexo (system) | rede (system) German: | Komplex (system) | Netz (system) Japanese: | 網 (suffix) | 連絡網 (common noun) | 網状組織 (common noun)

The Social Network | Network

network.com | network.net | network.org

ABC or UPN, e.g. | Like some television | Make business connections | Make social connections | Socialize with a purpose (total: 5) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

14 (International English) | 14 (North American English)

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