social network

noun

1

: a network of individuals (such as friends, acquaintances, and coworkers) connected by interpersonal relationships

2

: an online service or site through which people create and maintain interpersonal relationships

… scammers reaching out to victims over … social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn …

—Thomas Brewster

Examples of social network in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hedge funds and other Wall Street firms use low-latency feeds to gain an edge on market-moving information posted on social networks. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 July 2026

The company, whose businesses include Starlink satellite internet, the X social network and the artificial intelligence firm xAI, began trading on the Nasdaq exchange June 12. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 July 2026

Competing social networks also sell traders access to their APIs. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Returning to our social network example, R(3,10) could be considered off-diagonal, given that 3 and 10 are reasonably far apart. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for social network

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