socialize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially.
To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.
To take something into collective or governmental ownership.

/ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-socialize.wav

socialize socializes socializing socialized socialise

From social + -ize.

hang out acculturate nationalize

desocialize dissocialize missocialize oversocialize resocialize socializable socialization socializee socializer unsocialized

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