Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially.

    hoping to socialize a bit at the company holiday party

    gesellig sein

    обща́тьсяobščátʹsja, води́тьсяvodítʹsja

  2. (transitive)To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.

    depending on how children are socialized regarding racial and ethnic biases

    sozialisieren

    подгота́вливать к жи́зни в о́бществеpodgotávlivatʹ k žízni v óbščestve

  3. (transitive)To take something into collective or governmental ownership.

    Near-synonym: nationalize

    fears about potential attempts to socialize medicine

    vergesellschaften, vergemeinschaften

    обобществля́тьobobščestvljátʹ

More definitions
  • make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
  • prepare for social life
  • train for a social environment
  • take part in social activities; interact with others

Examples

50 sentences

  1. I don't like socializing.

    Я не люблю спілкування. — deniko

    ruЯ не люблю общаться. — Selena777

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  2. I don't like to socialize.

    Я не люблю спілкування. — deniko

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  3. Tom has trouble socializing with people.

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  4. I'm not going there to socialize.

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  5. You need to get out and socialize more.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to interact with others:
to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society:
to take into collective or governmental ownership:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to interact with others:
to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society:
to take into collective or governmental ownership:

Forms

socializes, socializing, socialized, socialized
Base formsocialize · to socialize
3rd person singularsocializes
Present participlesocializing
Past simplesocialized
Past participlesocialized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysocialize
he, she, itsocializes

Past simpleLesson

all personssocialized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave socialized
he, she, ithas socialized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill socialize

Synonyms

4 synonyms
hang outacculturatenationalize
Close in meaning
  • make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies:socialise
  • prepare for social life:socialise
  • train for a social environment:socialise
  • take part in social activities; interact with others:socialise

Word family

11 related words
Relatedsocializationsocializersocializing
Deriveddesocializedissocializemissocializeoversocializeresocializesocializablesocializeeunsocialized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
socialismsocialistsocialitesociallyB1societalsocietyA2socio

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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