Words / B1

GRID/ɡrɪd/

A grid is a network of crossing lines, or the network that carries electricity: the National Grid; off the grid. Network is wider. Map squares sit on a grid. Do not call a single cable a grid. Storms take slices of the grid offline.

Meaning

A network of lines or of power cables; the National Grid supplies electricity.

Examples

• “Storm damage took a slice of the grid offline overnight.”
• “Plot the towns on the grid before you describe the map, which is the exam sense.”

Good to know

the National Grid; off the grid. Exam maps: a grid reference. Wider: a network. Not one cable. Weather/energy news.

Near in meaning

network

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