socialize

[soh-shuh-lahyz]

verb (used with object), so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing.

to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.

to make socialistic; establish or regulate according to the theories of socialism.

Education. to treat as a group activity: to socialize spelling quizzes.

verb (used without object), so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing.

to associate or mingle sociably with others: to socialize with one's fellow workers.

Also especially British, so·cial·ise.

Origin of socialize

First recorded in 1820–30; social + -ize

Related formsso·cial·iz·a·ble, adjectiveso·cial·iz·er, nouno·ver·so·cial·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·so·cial·ized, o·ver·so·cial·iz·ing.re·so·cial·ize, verb, re·so·cial·ized, re·so·cial·iz·ing.un·so·cial·iz·a·ble, adjectiveun·so·cial·ized, adjectiveun·so·cial·iz·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for socialise

Historical Examples of socialise

Not at all: rather it proves how difficult is the struggle to socialise.
The Position of Woman in Primitive Society
C. Gasquoine Hartley
On the existing official parallel there is no need to move any of these things in order to Socialise them.
Utopia of Usurers and other Essays
Gilbert Keith Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for socialise

socialize

socialise

verb

(intr) to behave in a friendly or sociable manner

(tr) to prepare for life in society

(tr) mainly US to alter or create so as to be in accordance with socialist principles, as by nationalization

Derived Formssocializable or socialisable, adjectivesocializer or socialiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for socialise

socialize

1828, "to render social," from social (adj.). Meaning "to be sociable, to mingle" is recorded from 1895. Meaning "to make socialistic" is from 1846. Related: Socialized; socializing. The phrasing in socialized medicine is by 1912.