"networking" meaning in English

See networking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛtˌwɜː(r)kɪŋ/ [US] Audio: En-us-networking.ogg [US]
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  1. The use of computer networks. Wikidata QID: Q10336440 Tags: uncountable Translations (use of computer networks): 網絡 /网络 (wǎngluò) (english: Chinese mainland) [Hong-Kong, Macau, Singapore] (Chinese Mandarin), 網路 /网路 (wǎnglù) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 聯網 /联网 (liánwǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), tietoverkkotekniikka (Finnish), tietoliikenneverkkojen käyttö (Finnish), mise en réseau (French), Vernetzung [feminine] (German), whakawhatunga (Māori), conexión [feminine] (Spanish), ağ kurma (Turkish)
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  2. The process of meeting new people in a business or social context. Tags: uncountable Translations (meeting new people): 交際 /交际 (jiāojì) (Chinese Mandarin), 人脈建立 /人脉建立 (rénmài jiànlì) (Chinese Mandarin), verkostointi (Finnish), verkottuminen (Finnish), verkostoituminen (Finnish), mise en réseau (French), réseautage [masculine] (French), Networking [neuter] (German), δικτύωση (diktýosi) [feminine] (Greek), вмрежување (vmrežuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), establecimiento de nuevos contactos [masculine] (Spanish), conexionamiento [masculine] (Spanish), redeación [feminine] (Spanish), redeamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-networking-en-noun-~umV-Vwu Disambiguation of 'meeting new people': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: next generation networking, social networking, speed networking, sweatworking

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɛtˌwɜː(r)kɪŋ/ [US] Audio: En-us-networking.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} networking
  1. present participle and gerund of network Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: network
    Sense id: en-networking-en-verb-0izGPPdn

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      "word": "mise en réseau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "réseautage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Networking"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "diktýosi",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δικτύωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "vmrežuvanje",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вмрежување"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "establecimiento de nuevos contactos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conexionamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "redeación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "meeting new people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "redeamiento"
    }
  ],
  "word": "networking"
}

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