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social

adj
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/UK/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social From Middle French social, from Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.

  1. derived from sociālis — “of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”
  2. borrowed from social

Definitions

  1. Being extroverted or outgoing.

    • James is a very social guy; he knows lots of people.
    • Not ignoring what is good, I am quick to perceive a horror, and could still be social with it—would they let me—since it is but well to be on friendly terms with all the inmates of the place one lodges in.

  2. Of or relating to society.

    • Teresa feels uncomfortable in certain social situations.
    • Unemployment is a social problem.

  3. Relating to social media or social networks.

    • social gaming
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Relating to a nation's allies.

      • the Social War

    2. Cooperating or growing in groups.

      • a social insect

    3. A festive gathering to foster introductions.

      • They organized a social at the dance club to help people get to know one another.

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

    5. Ellipsis of social security.

      • Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.

    6. Ellipsis of social security number.

      • What's your social? [asked so that the asker can look up your account details]

    7. A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.

    8. Ellipsis of social studies.

    9. Ellipsis of social media.

      • “I saw that shift, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s the future of social,’” Systrom said.

    10. A social media account

      A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.

      • Also check out some other experts in this topic — their socials are in the pinned comment below.
      • Close your mouth and delete all your socials tonight.

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Derived

anti-social, anti-social personality disorder, biosocial, box social, chronosocial, corporate social responsibility, cybersocial, dissocial, dissocialize, ecosocial, ethnosocial, eusocial, extrasocial, geosocial, heterosocial, homosocial, hypersocial, ice cream social, ice-cream social, intersocial, macrosocial, medicosocial, metasocial, microsocial, necktie social, nonsocial, parasocial, physicosocial, postsocialistic, presocial, prosocial, protosocial, pseudosocial, psychosocial, quasisocial, s-commerce, semisocial, shadow social, socdem, sociable · +177 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at social. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at social. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at social

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA