networking

SayNET-wur-king/ˈnɛtˌwɜː(r)kɪŋ/UK/ˈnɛtˌwɜːkɪŋ/

3 meanings of networking

1
noununcountable
The activity of meeting new people who might help you in your work or business.
Like making new friends, but to help with your job.
She does a lot of networking to find new clients.
Good networking helped him land the job.
Similarschmoozing, socializing, mingling
2
noununcountable
Connecting computers so they can share information and work together.
Like a group of phones that can all call each other to swap messages.
He studies networking at college.
Networking lets two computers send files to each other.
Similarconnectivity
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3
verb
Present participle of network. Use this form for something happening now.
She is networking with other artists at the event.
They are networking to find new business partners.
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networking is a form of network

network, verb: To meet and talk with people in order to make useful connections. Full entry

Forms: networknetworks he/she/itnetworking -ing formnetworked past tense, past participle
Spelling: network → networking: add -ing

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