[
US
/ˈsoʊʃəˌɫaɪz/
]
VERB
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train for a social environment
The children must be properly socialized -
take part in social activities; interact with others
The old man hates to socialize
He never socializes with his colleagues -
prepare for social life
Children have to be socialized in school -
make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
Health care should be socialized!
How To Use socialize In A Sentence
- As a socialized man, we need true riches to satisfy our physical and spiritual desires.
- But now Essig is giving us another reason: buying food from local farmers and producers (presumably at a farmer's market) is a way to socialize and make connections.
- Julia Grant socialized with robber barons and was vilified for her role in a gold-market scandal.
- The things that makes people truly different is the way that we are socialised.
- They live together, work together and socialize together. If you ask me, it can't be healthy to live in each other's pockets like that.
- I also think it's tied up with people looking after themselves, wanting to socialise without always having to include alcohol. Times, Sunday Times
- You see, a Bulgarian farmer had bought a prizewinning boar for breeding purposes, but discovered it would only socialise with other male pigs.
- Indeed, profit is inconsistent with the point of such a programme which is to socialise losses that would otherwise cripple the financial sector and toss millions of people out of their homes.
- I still socialise today with his cultural attaché. Times, Sunday Times
- Equally important, the culture as a whole must socialize people into accepting self-imposed limits on their self-interested behavior.
