English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'network'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 9 July 2025
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Summary
A network is a group or system of things that have multiple connections between them, like a network of train stations with railways linking them together. There are words that often go together – these are called collocations. Listen to Beth to learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'network'.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC learning English.com. |
| 0:04.9 | A network is a group or system of things that are connected. |
| 0:09.7 | A train network consists of different lines and train stations. |
| 0:14.7 | If you establish a network, you start it. |
| 0:18.5 | The first social media network was established in the 1990s. If a network is formed, |
| 0:26.0 | it's started, but you can also visualize it like it has a shape. The new company aims to form a network |
| 0:34.0 | of over 50 branches. You can build up a network. This means add more connections to make a |
| 0:42.1 | network bigger. They're building the rail network up from three lines to six. It's also possible to |
| 0:49.8 | run a network, manage it. They aim to run the network more economically this year. Do you know |
| 0:57.5 | any other verbs to use with network? |
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