Definitions for Sociable
ˈsoʊ ʃə bəlso·cia·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.9 / 11 votes

1. sociable, social, mixeradjective

   a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

2. sociableadjective

   inclined to or conducive to companionship with others

   "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious"

3. sociableadjective

   friendly and pleasant

   "a sociable gathering"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. sociableadjective

   Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.

   He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SOCIABLEadjective

   Etymology: sociable, French; sociabilis, Latin.

   1. Fit to be conjoined.

   Another law toucheth them as they are sociable parts united into one body; a law which bindeth them each to serve unto other’s good, and all to prefer the good of the whole before whatsoever their own particular. Richard Hooker.

   2. Ready to unite in a general interest.

   To make man mild, and sociable to man;
   To cultivate the wild licentious savage
   With wisdom, discipline. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   3. Friendly; familiar; conversible.

   Them thus employ’d, beheld
   With pity heav’n’s high King, and to him call’d
   Raphael, the sociable spirit, that deign’d
   To travel with Tobias. John Milton.

   4. Inclin’d to company.

   In children much solitude and silence I like not, nor any thing born before his time, as this must needs be in that sociable and exposed age. Henry Wotton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sociable

   The sociable or buddy bike or side by side bicycle is a bicycle that supports two riders who sit next to one another, in contrast to a tandem bicycle, where the riders sit fore and aft. The name "sociable" alludes to the relative ease with which the two cyclists can speak with each other, unlike on the tandem.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sociable

   Sociable is an adjective used to describe someone who is friendly, outgoing, enjoys being with and interacting with others by participating in social activities. It can also refer to a situation, environment, or event that encourages friendly behavior and social interaction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sociablenoun

   a gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable

2. Sociablenoun

   a carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sociable

   The Sociable or Buddy Bike or Side By Side Bicycle is a bicycle that supports two riders who sit side by side.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sociable

   sō′sha-bl, adj. inclined to society: fit for company: companionable: affording opportunities for intercourse.—n. a four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing: a tricycle for two persons side by side: a couch with a curved S-shaped back: (U.S.) an informal party, a social church meeting.—ns. Sōciabil′ity, Sō′ciableness, quality of being sociable: good-fellowship.—adv. Sō′ciably.—adj. Sō′cial, pertaining to society or companionship: relating to men united in a society: inclined for friendly intercourse: consisting in mutual converse: convivial: associating together, gregarious: growing in patches.—v.t. Sō′cialise, to reduce to a social state: to render social.—ns. Sō′cialism, the name given to any one of various schemes for regenerating society by a more equal distribution of property, and esp. by substituting the principle of association for that of competition; Sō′cialist, an adherent of socialism.—adj. Socialist′ic.—ns. Social′ity, Sō′cialness.—adv. Sō′cially.—adjs. Sō′ciātive, expressing association; Societā′rian, Socī′etary, of or pertaining to society.—ns. Socī′ety, fellowship, companionship: a number of persons associated for a common interest: a community or partnership: the civilised body of mankind, those who are recognised as the leaders in fashionable life, the fashionable world generally: persons who associate: any organised association for purposes literary, scientific, philanthropic, or ecclesiastical; Socī′ety-house, a printing office which conforms to the rules of a trade-union; Socī′ety-verse, poetry light and entertaining, treating of the topics of society so called.—Social science, sociology, esp. the branch treating of the existing institutions of men as members of society, the science which treats of social relations; Social War, the war (90-88 b.c.) in which the Italian tribes known as the allies (Socii) fought for admission into Roman citizenship.—Socialism of the Chair, a term first applied about 1872 in ridicule to the doctrines of a school of political economists in Germany whose aim was mainly to better the condition of the working-classes through remedial state-legislation, by factory-acts, savings-banks, insurances against sickness and old age, shortening the hours of labour, sanitation, &c.—also called Professorial socialism, and having much the same ends and methods as the State socialism of Bismarck.—Christian socialism, a movement for applying Christian ethics to social reform, led by Maurice, Kingsley, and others about 1848-52.—The societies, bodies that began to be organised in 1681 for the maintenance of Presbyterian worship in the face of persecution—ultimately forming the Reformed Presbyterian Church. [Fr.,—L. sociabilis—sociāre, to associate—socius, a companion.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sociable

   An open carriage with two seats, thus admitting of its riders being face to face.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sociable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sociable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Sociable in a Sentence

1. La Bruy?re:

   We are more sociable and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

2. Eugene Dunne:

   These students are expecting that drinking is going to make them more sociable, in reality, they may be finding later on that it made them more sociable, but then they engaged in something they regretted.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   Be civil to all sociable to many familiar with few friend to one enemy to none.

4. Elise Paul:

   I'm very sociable... it would be quite rare there'd be a weekend where I wouldn't see anyone.

5. John Gay:

   Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sociable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sociable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Sociable
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociable
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sociable
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Sociable
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Sociable
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Sociable