socialize
[soh-shuh-lahyz]
- 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.
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- to associate or mingle sociably with others: to socialize with one's fellow workers.
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Also especially British, so·cial·ise.
Origin of socialize
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Contemporary Examples
Patrons come to a place for the atmosphere, to see their favorite bartender, or to socialize.
Students have lessons, activities, and socialize in the garden.
The Iraq Bikers usually meet once a week to socialize and ride around the city, but this past Friday was special.
Do you absorb his books, read his interviews, or is it necessary to socialize with the man himself?
Many users regard Facebook as a place to waste time and socialize with people to whom they have tenuous connections.
Historical Examples
To socialize and Christianize half the people of the world is the task of centuries.
SocietyHenry Kalloch Rowe
Their chief end is to socialize and humanize individual men.
The New Stone Age in Northern EuropeJohn M. Tyler
To make exchange possible and socialize to some degree the scale of prices we depend upon a public market or a stock exchange.
Creative IntelligenceJohn Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
It seems to me we need to socialize, not industry, but the heart of Man to his brother.
V. V.'s EyesHenry Sydnor Harrison
To socialize her home, that is the high undertaking a woman has on her hands if she is to get at the heart of her Business.
The Business of Being a WomanIda M. Tarbell
socialize
socialise
- (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
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Word Origin and History for socialize
v.
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.
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