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# network

«network» in Mova's school dictionary: **a system of lines, roads, wires or paths that cross or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a network, networks); verb (network, networks, networked, networking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A network is a system of lines, roads, wires or paths that cross or connect with each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#m1)

2) A computer network is a group of computers connected so they can share information, like the internet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#m2)

3) A network is a group of people or organisations that are connected and help each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#m3)

4) A TV or radio network is a group of stations showing the same programmes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#m4)

5) To network means to meet people who can help you, for example in work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons the internet is a huge network of networks; school computers are on a network. In geography, road, rail and river networks connect places. In science, the nervous system is a network of nerves, and spiders spin networks of threads. In safety, «social network» sites need privacy settings and care with strangers. Phrases: «computer network», «social network», «rail network», «support network», «network of roads».

### examples

- The school computers are connected to a network. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x1)
- The internet is the largest network in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x2)
- Britain has a big rail network. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x3)
- A spider's web is a network of silk threads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x4)
- Nerves form a network through your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x5)
- Ask your family about your support network. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x6)
- The road network links all the towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x7)
- Social networks should not be used to share personal details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x8)
- The naked earth peers through in the form of great letters and names; these form a network over the whole hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/#x9)

### note

Countable: networks. One word: net + work. In computing, a «Wi-Fi network» connects without cables. Safety: on public networks, avoid entering passwords; never share your address or school on social networks.

### In the corpora

- [Many apps and social networks require users to be at least 13 years old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes/14/)
- [It is like a giant train network: the faster soldiers and messages can travel, the easier a huge country is to run.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/3/)
- [The internet began in 1969 by linking a few computers in American universities and grew into a worldwide network.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/36-computers-and-the-internet/12/)
- [The internet is not one machine; it is a network of networks, millions of computers joined together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/0/)
- [The internet is a huge network that joins computers all over the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/59-inventions-computers-internet/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «network» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/network/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.