socialize
verb (used with object)
to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
are socializing
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present progressiveof socialize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Teenagers are socializing more with AI chatbots, raising concerns about the technology’s effect on mental health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
You meet somebody different than if you are socializing and having dinner.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
She said a surge of cases in the winter, when people are socializing indoors, was utterly predicable, and yet schools were not ready when it happened.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2022
But there are an awful lot of people who haven’t gotten the vaccine who are socializing!
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2021
This is how people are socializing in the pandemic.
From The Verge ● Nov. 24, 2020
