socialize
verb (used with object)
to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
socializes
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present tense formof socialize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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One socializes with friends: Forty years in Charlottesville has brought me many smart and genial ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Adjusting how you interact with someone who socializes differently doesn’t mean reigning in your personality, says Saad.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
He works in an office plaza, lives in a shoebox apartment with vellum-thin walls and socializes at his choice of nearby casual dining establishments with names like Flingers and Chotchkie's Bar & Grill.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024
It wasn’t quite a Bond movie, but the trial provided glimpses of the sometimes glamorous locations where the art world lives, socializes and does business.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
I start to see that the Internet is the way she travels; the way she socializes; the way she feels like part of things.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
