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social network

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A network of personal or business contacts, built and updated by social networking (human interactions of all types); (now especially, since 2000s) such a network as facilitated by the Internet via social networking (digital services that aid it).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

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noun

Meaning 2

A service allowing users to manage and interact with their network of friends or contacts on the Internet. (Called a social network application in precise usage that reserves social network to its original sense.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

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  • Afrikaans: sosiale netwerk — network of personal or business contacts
  • Albanian: rrjet social — network of personal or business contacts
  • Albanian: rrjet shoqëror — network of personal or business contacts
  • Arabic: شَبَكَة اِجْتِمَاعِيَّة (šabaka ijtimāʕiyya) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Armenian: սոցցանց (socʻcʻancʻ) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Armenian: սոցիալական ցանց (socʻialakan cʻancʻ) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Asturian: rede social — network of personal or business contacts
  • Azerbaijani: sosial şəbəkə — network of personal or business contacts
  • Belarusian: сацыя́льная се́тка (sacyjálʹnaja sjétka) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Belarusian: сацсе́тка (sacsjétka) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Bengali: সামাজিক জালব্যবস্থা (śamajik jalobbobostha) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Bulgarian: социа́лна мре́жа (sociálna mréža) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Bulgarian: соцмре́жа (socmréža) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Burmese: လူမှုကွန်ရက် (luhmu.kwanrak) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Catalan: xarxa social — network of personal or business contacts
  • Chinese Cantonese: 社會網絡 /社会网络 — network of personal or business contacts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會網絡 /社会网络 (shèhuì wǎngluò) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Czech: sociální síť — network of personal or business contacts
  • Danish: socialt netværk — network of personal or business contacts
  • Dutch: sociaal netwerk — network of personal or business contacts
  • Esperanto: interkona retejo — network of personal or business contacts
  • Esperanto: socia retejo — network of personal or business contacts
  • Estonian: sotsiaalvõrgustik — network of personal or business contacts
  • Finnish: sosiaalinen verkosto — network of personal or business contacts
  • French: réseau social — network of personal or business contacts
  • Galician: rede social — network of personal or business contacts
  • Georgian: სოციალური ქსელი (socialuri kseli) — network of personal or business contacts
  • German: soziales Netzwerk — network of personal or business contacts
  • German: Social Network — network of personal or business contacts
  • Greek: κοινωνικό δίκτυο (koinonikó díktyo) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת חֶבְרָתִית (réshet khevratít) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Hindi: सोशल नेटवर्क (sośal neṭvark) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Hindi: सामाजिक जालक्रम (sāmājik jālakram) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Hungarian: közösségi hálózat — network of personal or business contacts
  • Icelandic: félagslegt net — network of personal or business contacts
  • Ido: reto sociala — network of personal or business contacts
  • Indonesian: jejaring sosial — network of personal or business contacts
  • Irish: líonra sóisialta — network of personal or business contacts
  • Italian: social network — network of personal or business contacts
  • Italian: rete sociale — network of personal or business contacts
  • Japanese: 社会的ネットワーク (shakaiteki nettowāku) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Japanese: 社会ネットワーク (shakai nettowāku) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Japanese: ソーシャルネットワーク (sōsharu nettowāku) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Kazakh: әлеуметтік желі (äleumettık jelı) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Khmer: បណ្ដាញសង្គម (bɑɑbɑndaañ sɑngkum) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Korean: 사회 연결망 (sahoe yeon'gyeolmang) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Korean: 소셜 네트워크 (sosyeol neteuwokeu) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Kyrgyz: социалдык тармак (sotsialdık tarmak) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Lao: ເຄືອຂ່າຍສັງຄົມ (khư̄a khāi sang khom) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Latvian: sociālais tīkls — network of personal or business contacts
  • Lithuanian: socialinis tinklas — network of personal or business contacts
  • Macedonian: соција́лна мрежа (socijálna mreža) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Malay: rangkaian sosial — network of personal or business contacts
  • Maltese: netwerk soċjali — network of personal or business contacts
  • Māori: kōtuinga pāpori — network of personal or business contacts
  • Mingrelian: სოციალური რშვილი (socialuri ršvili) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Mongolian: нөхөрлөлийн сүлжээ (nöxörlöliin sülžee) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosialt nettverk — network of personal or business contacts
  • Pashto: ټولنیز شبکه (ṭolaníz šabaká) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Iranian Persian: شَبَکِهٔ اِجْتِماعی (šabake-ye ejtemâ'i) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Polish: sieć społeczna — network of personal or business contacts
  • Portuguese: rede social — network of personal or business contacts
  • Romanian: rețea socială — network of personal or business contacts
  • Russian: социа́льная сеть (sociálʹnaja setʹ) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Russian: соцсе́ть (socsétʹ) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Serbo-Croatian: друштвена мрежа — network of personal or business contacts
  • Serbo-Croatian: društvena mreža — network of personal or business contacts
  • Slovak: sociálna sieť — network of personal or business contacts
  • Slovene: socialno omrežje — network of personal or business contacts
  • Slovene: družbeno omrežje — network of personal or business contacts
  • Spanish: red social — network of personal or business contacts
  • Swahili: mtandao wa pamoja — network of personal or business contacts
  • Swedish: socialt nätverk — network of personal or business contacts
  • Tagalog: ulnunging kabalagan — network of personal or business contacts
  • Tajik: шабакаи иҷтимоӣ (šabaka-yi ijtimoyi) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Tatar: социаль челтәр (sotsiyalʹ çeltär) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Tatar: иҗтимагый челтәр (ictimağıy çeltär) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Thai: เครือข่ายสังคม (krʉʉa-kàai-sǎng-kom) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Turkish: sosyal ağ — network of personal or business contacts
  • Turkmen: sosial tor — network of personal or business contacts
  • Ukrainian: соціа́льна мере́жа (sociálʹna meréža) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Ukrainian: соцмере́жа (socmeréža) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Urdu: سوشَل نیٹ وَرْک (sośal neṭ vark) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Urdu: اِجْتِماعی شَبَکَہ (ijtimā'ī śabaka) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Urdu: سَماجی رابِطَہ کاری (samājī rābita kārī) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Uyghur: ئىجتىمائىي تور (ijtima'iy tor) — network of personal or business contacts
  • Uzbek: ijtimoiy tarmoq — network of personal or business contacts
  • Vietnamese: mạng lưới xã hội — network of personal or business contacts
  • Asturian: rede social — social network service on the Internet
  • Belarusian: сацыя́льная се́тка (sacyjálʹnaja sjétka) — social network service on the Internet
  • Belarusian: сацсе́тка (sacsjétka) — social network service on the Internet
  • Catalan: xarxa social — social network service on the Internet
  • French: réseau social — social network service on the Internet
  • Galician: rede social — social network service on the Internet
  • German: Social Network — social network service on the Internet
  • German: soziales Netzwerk — social network service on the Internet
  • Italian: social network — social network service on the Internet
  • Italian: rete sociale — social network service on the Internet
  • Iranian Persian: شَبَکِهٔ اِجْتِماعی (šabake-ye ejtemâ'i) — social network service on the Internet
  • Polish: sieć społecznościowa — social network service on the Internet
  • Portuguese: rede social — social network service on the Internet
  • Russian: социа́льная сеть (sociálʹnaja setʹ) — social network service on the Internet
  • Russian: соцсе́ть (socsétʹ) — social network service on the Internet
  • Spanish: red social — social network service on the Internet
  • Swahili: mtandao wa kijamii — social network service on the Internet
  • Ukrainian: соціа́льна мере́жа (sociálʹna meréža) — social network service on the Internet
  • Ukrainian: соцмере́жа (socmeréža) — social network service on the Internet