social network

American  

[soh-shuhl net-wurk] / ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈnɛtˌwɜrk /

noun

1. a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts.

   Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.

2. Digital Technology.

   1. an online community of people with a common interest who use a website or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information, resources, etc..

      a business-oriented social network.

   2. a website or online service that facilitates this communication.

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Etymology

Origin of social network

First recorded in 1840–45

Example Sentences

My story this week explained the phenomenon, which grew even more viral after bots in the army Steinberger unleashed began posting strange and fantastical musings on a social network called “Moltbook.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Patients who went under the knife late last year are now debuting tighter skin, flatter stomachs and lifted eyelids to their social networks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The celebrity ambassadors are "a way for us to be on the record, to be on-screen. Now it's working. You can go to the social networks. You see Benin everywhere," Kpatindé says.

From BBC

By 2013, Epstein was aggressively working to rehabilitate his reputation and maintain his social network.

From The Wall Street Journal

Our faces, voices, daily routines and social networks are all catalogued and stored.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• online community
• social media network