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English

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Etymology

From #French|social.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A festive gathering to foster introductions.
  2. In the Context of Short for social security benefit, the UK government department responsible for administering such welfare benefit or its employees.
  3. :* Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.
  4. In the Context of Short for social security number.
  5. :* What's your social?


Translations

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  • Norwegian:
  • Finnish: ,

Adjective

  1. Being extroverted or outgoing.
  2. Of or related to society.


Antonyms


Derived terms


Translations

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French

Etymology

From socialis.

Adjective

  1. #English|social


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Spanish

Adjective

  1. social


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Social \So"cial\, a. [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin
to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See Sue to follow.]
1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in
society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social
interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits;
social happiness; social duties. "Social phenomena." --J.
S. Mill.
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2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse;
companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
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3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
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Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not
Social communication. --Milton.
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4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of
many individual plants of the same species.
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5. (Zool.)
(a) Living in communities consisting of males, females,
and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
(b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from
basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
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Social science, the science of all that relates to the
social condition, the relations and institutions which are
involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member
of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself
with questions of the public health, education, labor,
punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the
like.

Social whale (Zool.), the blackfish.

The social evil, prostitution.
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Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly;
familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
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WordNet social
adj 1: relating to human society and its members; "social
institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal
forces"; "social legislation" [syn: societal]
2: living together or enjoying life in communities or organized
groups; "human beings are social animals"; "spent a
relaxed social evening"; "immature social behavior" [ant:
unsocial]
3: relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high
society; "made fun of her being so social and high-toned";
"a social gossip colum"; "the society page"
4: composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of
sociability; "a purely social club"; "the church has a
large social hall"; "a social director"
5: (of birds and animals) tending to move or live together in
groups or colonies of the same kind; "ants are social
insects"; "the herding instinct in sheep or cattle";
"swarming behavior in bees" [syn: herding(a), swarming(a)]
6: marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup
of coffee"
n : a party of people assembled to promote sociability and
communal activity [syn: sociable, mixer]
Moby Dictionary
affable , affair , amiable , amusing , associated , associational ,
at home , civic , civil , clubbable , clubbish , clubby , coalitional ,
collective , collectivistic , common , communal , communicative ,
communistic , community , commutual , companionable , companionate ,
compatible , congenial , conjoint , convivial , cooperative , cordial ,
cosmopolitan , courteous , entertaining , fit for society ,
fond of society , friendly , gathering , general , genial ,
get-together , gracious , gregarious , group , hospitable , in common ,
international , joint , levee , matinee , mutual , national ,
organizational , pleasant , pleasurable , popular , public , reception ,
reciprocal , reunion , salon , sexual , sociable , social affair ,
social gathering , social-minded , socialistic , societal , society ,
soiree , state , supranational , urbane , venereal , wake


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