connected with society
1 [onlybeforenoun] connected with society and the way it is organized:
social issues / problems / reforms * a call for social and economic change
2 [onlybeforenoun] connected with your position in society:
social class / background * social advancement (= improving your position in society) * social mobility (= the movement of people from one social class to another)
activities with others
3 [onlybeforenoun] connected with activities in which people meet each other for pleasure:
a busy / hectic social life * Team sports help to develop a child's social skills (= the ability to talk easily to other people and do things in a group). * Social events and training days are arranged for all the staff. * Join a social club to make new friends.
animals
4 [onlybeforenoun] (technical) living naturally in groups, rather than alone:
Apes are social animals.
friendly
5 = SOCIABLE
socially adverb:
The reforms will bring benefits, socially and politically. * This type of behaviour is no longer socially acceptable. * a socially disadvantaged family (= one that is poor and from a low social class) * We meet at work, but never socially. * Carnivores are usually socially complex mammals.
Part of speech: noun
1 [C] (old-fashioned) a party that is organized by a group or club:
a youth club social
2 (the social) [U] (BrE, spoken) = SOCIALSECURITY:
We're living on the social now.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for social is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is social a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, social is tagged as adjective.
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