socialize
verbEtymology
Definitions
To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than…
To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially.
- hoping to socialize a bit at the company holiday party
- When socializing it's important that you never talk business unless they bring it up. If you do, you'll find out quickly that you're no longer invited to any of the really good reindeer games. Rather, be a good listener.
- The UU is a great place to be on campus to socialize but when business needs to be taken care of the five story library is the place to be!
To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of…
To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.
- depending on how children are socialized regarding racial and ethnic biases
- That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults.
To take something into collective or governmental ownership.
- Near-synonym: nationalize
- fears about potential attempts to socialize medicine
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A definitional loop anchored at socialize. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at socialize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at socialize
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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