noun
Meaning 1
The use of computer networks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
networking
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The process of meeting new people in a business or social context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of network
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 網絡 /网络 (wǎngluò) — use of computer networks
- Chinese Mandarin: 網路 /网路 (wǎnglù) — use of computer networks
- Chinese Mandarin: 聯網 /联网 (liánwǎng) — use of computer networks
- Finnish: tietoverkkotekniikka — use of computer networks
- Finnish: tietoliikenneverkkojen käyttö — use of computer networks
- French: mise en réseau — use of computer networks
- German: Vernetzung — use of computer networks
- Māori: whakawhatunga — use of computer networks
- Spanish: conexión — use of computer networks
- Turkish: ağ kurma — use of computer networks
- Chinese Mandarin: 交際 /交际 (jiāojì) — meeting new people
- Chinese Mandarin: 人脈建立 /人脉建立 (rénmài jiànlì) — meeting new people
- Finnish: verkostointi — meeting new people
- Finnish: verkottuminen — meeting new people
- Finnish: verkostoituminen — meeting new people
- French: mise en réseau — meeting new people
- French: réseautage — meeting new people
- German: Networking — meeting new people
- Greek: δικτύωση (diktýosi) — meeting new people
- Macedonian: вмрежување (vmrežuvanje) — meeting new people
- Spanish: establecimiento de nuevos contactos — meeting new people
- Spanish: conexionamiento — meeting new people
- Spanish: redeación — meeting new people
- Spanish: redeamiento — meeting new people
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