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 Definitions of social  [ˈsoʊ ʃəl]  

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Definition of 'social' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) social
pertaining to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations:
a social club.

2.  social
friendly or sociable, as persons or the disposition.

3.  social
pertaining to, connected with, or suited to polite or fashionable society:
a social event.

4.  social
living or disposed to live in companionship with others or in a community, rather than in isolation.

5.  social
of or pertaining to human society, esp. as a body divided into classes according to status.

6.  social
of or pertaining to the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community.

7.  social
Zool. living habitually together in communities, as bees or ants.

8.  social
Bot. growing in patches or clumps.

9.  social
pertaining to or between allies or confederates, as a war.

10. (n.) social
a social gathering or party, esp. of or as given by an organized group:
a church social.

Etymology:  (1555–65; < L sociālis=soci(us) partner, comrade +-ālis -al1)

Definition of 'social' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) sociable, social, mixer
a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

2. (adj) social, societal
relating to human society and its members
"social institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal forces"; "social legislation"

3. (adj) social
living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
"a human being is a social animal"; "mature social behavior"

4. (adj) social
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"

5. (adj) social
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"

6. (adj) social
tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
"ants are social insects"

7. (adj) social
marked by friendly companionship with others
"a social cup of coffee"


Definition of 'social' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) social
relating to enjoyable activities done with others
a calendar of social events

2.  social
social life
time sb spends doing enjoyable things with others
I don't have much of a social life.

3.  social
relating to society
social policy; social trends/history

4.  social
relating to sb's place in society
the family's social position/class/background


Definition of 'social' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) social
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

2. (adj) social
ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person

3. (adj) social
consisting in union or mutual intercourse

4. (adj) social
naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species

5. (adj) social
living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees

6. (adj) social
forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians


Translation of 'social' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: concerning or belonging to the way of life and welfare of people in a community
social problems.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: maatskaplik Arabic flag Arabic: إجْتِماعي، مُتَعَلِّق بال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: обществен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: social Czech flag Czech: sociální German flag German: sozial
Danish flag Danish: samfundsmæssig; samfunds- Greek flag Greek: κοινωνικός Spanish flag Spanish: social
Estonian flag Estonian: ühiskondlik, sotsiaalne Farsi flag Farsi: اجتماعي Finnish flag Finnish: yhteiskunnallinen
French flag French: social Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֶברוּתִי Hindi flag Hindi: सामाजिक
Croatian flag Croatian: društven, socijalan Hungarian flag Hungarian: szociális Indonesian flag Indonesian: sosial
Icelandic flag Icelandic: félagslegur Italian flag Italian: sociale Japanese flag Japanese: 社会的な
Korean flag Korean: 사회의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: socialinis, visuomeninis Latvian flag Latvian: sociāls; sabiedrisks
Malay flag Malay: sosial Dutch flag Dutch: sociaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: samfunns-, sosial
Polish flag Polish: społeczny Persian flag Persian: اجتماعي Pashto flag Pashto: ټولنيز، اجتماعي، دټولنې:
Portuguese flag Portuguese: social Romanian flag Romanian: social Russian flag Russian: социальный
Slovak flag Slovak: sociálny Slovenian flag Slovenian: družben Serbian flag Serbian: društven
Swedish flag Swedish: social Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับสังคม Turkish flag Turkish: sosyal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 社會的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: суспільний; громадський Urdu flag Urdu: معاشرے یا اس کے افراد سے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có tính chất xã hội Chinese flag Chinese: 社会的

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