These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withnetwork.kinnoun[plural]uk
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/k?n/old-fashionedfamily ...See more atkinnetworknoun[C]uk
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/?net.w??k/a large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together to allow movement or communication between or along the parts, or between the parts and a ...See more atnetwork
(Definition ofkinandnetworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkin network
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Within the community, there may be inadvertent incentives for early fertility, including membership in akinnetworkthat is promoted by childbearing.From theCambridge English CorpusFourth, the number of living children should be positively associated with having youngerkinnetworkmembers, but not with having younger non-kinnetworkmembers.From theCambridge English CorpusLevels of loneliness did not vary by educational attainment, employment status or the size of thekinnetwork.From theCambridge English CorpusWhether an individual chose to transfer a loan farm away or to keep the land within akinnetworkmade little difference in the use of the land.From theCambridge English CorpusIt is not surprising therefore that among those who had decided to use a paid carer from outside the immediatekinnetwork, only ' grey ' labour was employed.From theCambridge English CorpusSofia had a small and shrinkingkinnetwork, but her comparative wealth and generosity enabled her to forge new ties to forestall a potential lack of care in old age.From theCambridge English CorpusThis makes it possible to determine the extent to which concentrations were kin networks.From theCambridge English CorpusThe absence of state welfare in combination with the cheap supply of labour made feasible the development of adaptive family strategies that activated kin networks.From theCambridge English CorpusThese close kin networks were seen as especially typical of working class inner city neighbourhoods.From theCambridge English CorpusThe nationally-representative surveys collected broadly comparable information on kin networks and transfers of various kinds.From theCambridge English CorpusThey demonstrate that these roles are often separated within kin networks, or between kin and friendship networks.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Want to learn more?Go to the definition ofkinGo to the definition ofnetworkSee other collocations withnetwork#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/example/english/kin-network##
