Definitions for Social
ˈsoʊ ʃəlSo·cial

Princeton's WordNet(3.77 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sociable, social, mixer(adj)

   a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

2. social, societal(adj)

   relating to human society and its members

   "social institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal forces"; "social legislation"

3. social(adj)

   living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups

   "a human being is a social animal"; "mature social behavior"

4. social(adj)

   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. social(adj)

   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. social(adj)

   tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind

   "ants are social insects"

7. social(adj)

   marked by friendly companionship with others

   "a social cup of coffee"

Wiktionary(3.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. social(Noun)

   A festive gathering to foster introductions.

   They organized a social at the dance club to get people to know each other.

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

2. social(Noun)

   A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

3. social(Noun)

   Short for social security benefit, the UK government department responsible for administering such welfare benefit for its employees.

   Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

4. social(Noun)

   Short for social security number.

   What's your social?

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

5. social(Adjective)

   Being extroverted or outgoing.

   James is a very social guy, he knows lots of people.

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

6. social(Adjective)

   Of or relating to society.

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

7. social(Adjective)

   Relating to social media or social networks.

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

8. social(Adjective)

   Relating to a nation's allies (cf. the Social War)

   Etymology: From social, from socialis, from socius, from sequor.

Wikipedia(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Social

   Social organisms, including humans, live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the interaction is voluntary or involuntary.

Webster Dictionary(3.33 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Social(adj)

   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. Social(adj)

   ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person

3. Social(adj)

   consisting in union or mutual intercourse

4. Social(adj)

   naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species

5. Social(adj)

   living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees

6. Social(adj)

   forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians

Freebase(3.66 / 9 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Social

   The term social refers to a characteristic of living organisms as applied to populations of humans and other animals. It always refers to the interaction of organisms with other organisms and to their collective co-existence, irrespective of whether they are aware of it or not, and irrespective of whether the interaction is voluntary or involuntary.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. social

   Able to share time with other human beings.

   We as human beings love to share time with each other, we are very social.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 6, 2020  

2. social

   Of or relating to human beings or society.

   Human beings are social beings and like to go out to share time with each other.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 6, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Social' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #182

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Social' in Written Corpus Frequency: #716

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Social' in Adjectives Frequency: #11

How to pronounce Social?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Social in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Social in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Social in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Social in a Sentence

1. Alanna Coopersmith:

   I understand many people observing this case are interested in constitutional freedom and I would remind them that one important constitutional freedom is the presumption of innocence, due process of law and due process in a courtroom, not on social media or the Internet.

2. Adeline Fagan:

   Everyone could be an Adeline and that's the scary part of this, if you can do something as simple as wearing the mask, social distancing, even just using hand sanitizer, to do your part.

3. Adrian Raine:

   If you lack fear, you’re more likely to commit crime because you’re not concerned about getting caught, and, if you’re a fearless risk-taker, you’re more likely to put yourself in social contexts where you run the risk of violence victimization, and have more accidents due to a reckless disregard for your own safety.

4. Caitlin Ryan:

   Homosexuality was considered a mental illness, deviant and immoral, if it were not for the early work of Reuters Health and social systems to change that, I don’t think we would have made the advances that we’ve made since then.

5. James Holzhauer:

   Despite what' The Social Network' says, $ 1 million felt really cool.

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