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Definition: Socialize |
SocializeVerb1. Take part in social activities; interact with others; "He never socializes with his colleagues"; "The old man hates to socialize". 2. Train for a social environment; "The children must be properly socialized". 3. Prepare for social life; "Children have to be socialized in school". 4. Make socialist, as of governments or institutions; "Health care should be socialized!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: SocializeSynonym: socialise (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Socialize |
| English words defined with "socialize": get around ♦ swing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "socialize": RECREATIONAL THERAPIST ♦ therapeutic recreation worke. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | But I'mma go socialize and smoke my weed (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat) I won't die, like Chuckie won't die, but I'm not here to socialize (Cyclops Rock; performing artist: They Might Be Giants) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They may not want to travel, go to parties, or socialize with friends. (references) | |
Home-based care and community living give them the opportunity to socialize and benefit from such interactions. (references) | ||
Business | Borders were the first to introduce the idea that a bookshop should be more than a place to buy books, but should also offer a friendly, convivial atmosphere where customers can relax and socialize. (references) | |
Economic History | Bulgaria | In less populated areas where contact between people is infrequent, door-to-door selling is viewed as a way to socialize. (references) |
Human Rights | Iran | Authorities occasionally enter homes to remove television satellite dishes, or to disrupt private gatherings in which unmarried men and women socialize, or where alcohol, mixed dancing, or other forbidden activities are offered or take place. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Socialize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 95.45% of the time. "Socialize" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 95.45% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
socialize | 13 |
medicine socialize | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "socialize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shoqërizoj, bisedoj (chat, confab, confabulate, converse, discourse, have a talk, speak, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عاشر الناس, صادق الأخرين, خلق صداقات, إجتمع يجعله إجتماعيا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | социализирам, сближавам се (become intimate, tie up), организирам масово участие в, общувам (associate, assort, consort, converse, fraternize, intercommunicate, intermingle, know, mate, mingle, mix, mix up, sort), обобществявам, правя годен за обществен живот, правя общителен, държа се приятелски. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 社会化 (socialisation, socialization, socialized, socializing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | socializovat, zespoleèenštit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | socialisere (to socialize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | socialiseren (to socialize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اجتماعی کردن (Socialization), بکارهای اجتماعی تخصیص دادن , بصورت سوسیالیستی دراوردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sosialisoida (nationalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | socialiser (to socialize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sozialisieren (nationalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθιστώ κοινό, καθιστώ κοινωνικόν, κοινωνικοποιώ (to socialize), φέρω υπο σοσιαλισμό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szocializál (to socialize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | memasyarakatkan (rehabilitate (a criminal)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | socializzare (socialise), frequentare gente (socialise), fare amicizia (socialise, strike up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 교 하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soshiallaghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocializesay socializar (nationalize), sociabilizar. (various references) socializa. (various references) обобществлять. (various references) socijalizovati, kretati se u društvu. (various references) socializar (to socialize). (various references) socialisera (to socialize). (various references) สอนการอยู่รวมกันเป็นสังคม, ทำให้เป็นระบบสังคมนิยม, คบหาสมาคม. (various references) sosyalleştirmek, sohbet etmek (chat, commune, confab, confabulate, converse, have a chat, have a talk), kaynaşmak (blend, coalesce, commingle, fuse, knit, knit up, merge, mill about, mix, seethe, unite), kamulaştırmak (condemn, confiscate, dispossess, expropriate, impress, nationalize, sequestrate). (various references) усуспільнювати, спілкуватися (associate, commune, communicate, company, consort, converse, intercommunicate, intermingle, mate, mingle), націоналізувати (nationalize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "socialize": socialized, socializer, socializers, socializes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "socialize": resocialize. (additional references) | |
Words containing "socialize": resocialized, resocializes, unsocialized. (additional references) | |
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"Socialize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sacralize, socialis, socialisme, socilize. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "socialize" (pronounced sō"shulī'z) |
| 5 | -sh u l ī' z | commercialize, specialize. |
| 4 | -u l ī' z | actualize, alkalies, analyze, annualize, brutalize, cannibalize, capitalize, caramelize, catalyze, centralize, civilize, collateralize, compartmentalize, criminalize, crystallize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, departmentalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, equalize, evangelize, federalize, fertilize, fictionalize, finalize, formalize, fossilize, generalize, globalize, hospitalize, hydrolyze, idolize, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, recapitalize, regionalize, renationalize, revitalize, scandalize, serialize, stabilize, sterilize, symbolize, tantalize, tranquilize, trivialize, underutilize, utilize, vandalize, verbalize, visualize. |
| 3 | -l ī' z | butterflies, creolize, fireflies, gadflies, idealize, multiplies, realize, stylize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-o-s-z" | |
-1 letter: laicizes. | |
-2 letters: celosia, laicise, laicize. | |
-3 letters: aiolis, azoles, clozes, colies, colzas, cozies, lazies, liaise, sialic, silica, sleazo, social, solace, zoecia. | |
-4 letters: aioli, aisle, alecs, aloes, azoic, azole, calos, ceils, cilia, close, cloze, coals, coils, colas, coles, colza, cosie, cozes, cozie, ileac, iliac, laces, laics, lazes, oleic, saice, salic, scale, slice, socle, solei, zeals, zoeal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-o-s-z" | |
+1 letter: socialized, socializer, socializes. | |
+2 letters: resocialize, socializers. | |
+3 letters: catholicizes, colonializes, resocialized, resocializes, tropicalizes, unsocialized. | |
+4 letters: creolizations, fictionalizes, pictorializes, politicalizes, porcelainizes, resocializing. | |
+5 letters: cartelizations, cephalizations, commercializes, fractionalizes, occidentalizes, overspecialize, provincializes, sclerotization, secularization, specialization. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 63 69 61 6C 69 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- -.-. .. .- .-.. .. --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o c i a l i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0063 0069 0061 006C 0069 007A 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538169756778759271 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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