Definitions for Social
ˈsoʊ ʃəlSo·cial

Princeton's WordNet(3.86 / 14 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sociable, social, mixeradjective

   a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

2. social, societaladjective

   relating to human society and its members

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

3. socialadjective

   living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups

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

4. socialadjective

   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. socialadjective

   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. socialadjective

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

   "ants are social insects"

7. socialadjective

   marked by friendly companionship with others

   "a social cup of coffee"

Wiktionary(3.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. socialnoun

   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. socialnoun

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

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

3. socialnoun

   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. socialnoun

   Short for social security number.

   What's your social?

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

5. socialadjective

   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. socialadjective

   Of or relating to society.

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

7. socialadjective

   Relating to social media or social networks.

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

8. socialadjective

   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. Socialadjective

   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. Socialadjective

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

3. Socialadjective

   consisting in union or mutual intercourse

4. Socialadjective

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

5. Socialadjective

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

6. Socialadjective

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

Freebase(3.49 / 10 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(1.00 / 1 vote)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  

Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Social

   living in communities: more especially those species in which undeveloped or worker forms occur and where the colony has a single female head.

Matched Categories

1. • Animal

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

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. White Housepress secretaryJenPsaki:

   But really a big driver was we understand and know the nature of some components of social media and media these days and we just didn’t want to feed into that on this issue or really any issue, we’ve seen surges at the border.

2. Barry Schwartz:

   Our institutions and values are in jeopardy as the mores of the market pervade all social life in this country. Loyalty, honesty, courage, discipline, patriotism, and commitment to family are being crowded out by the goals and rules of economic rationality -- do whatever makes the most money.

3. William Lacy Clay:

   The painting portrays a colorful landscape of symbolic characters representing social injustice, the tragic events in Ferguson and the lingering elements of inequality in modern American society.

4. Vaile Wright:

   Social connection is one of the No. 1 stoppers of stress.

5. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

   Social media is new territory, and while it’s been established that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment, we’re talking about people specifically saying on Facebook they want to kill white police officers.

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