socialize

English

Alternative forms

• socialise

Etymology

social +‎ -ize

Verb

socialize (third-person singular simple present socializes, present participle socializing, simple past and past participle socialized)

1. (intransitive) To interact with others
2. (transitive) To instruct somebody, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society
3. (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership

Derived terms

Derived terms

• resocialize
• socializable

• socialization
• unsocialized

Translations

to interact with others

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 與 / 与 (yǔ - with) 交往 (zh) (jiāowǎng), 交際 (zh), 交际 (zh) (jiāojì), 應酬 (zh), 应酬 (zh) (yìngchou)

• Finnish: seurustella (fi)
• French: fréquenter des gens, voir des gens
• German: gesellig sein (de)
• Japanese: 付き合う (つきあう, tsukiau), 社会的にする (ja) (しゃこうてきにする, shakōteki ni suru), 交際する (ja) (こうさいする, kōsai suru), 応対する (ja) (おうたいする, ōtai suru)

• Maori: tautūtakitaki
• Romanian: socializa (ro)
• Russian: обща́ться (ru) (obščátʹsja), води́ться (ru) (vodítʹsja) (often of children)
• Swedish: umgås (sv)
• Tagalog: saulnungin

to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society

• Finnish: sosiaalistaa, sopeuttaa yhteiskuntaan
• French: développer l'aspect social, socialiser (fr)

• Russian: подгота́вливать к жи́зни в о́бществе (podgotávlivatʹ k žízni v óbščestve)

to take into collective or governmental ownership

• Finnish: sosialisoida (fi)
• Romanian: naționaliza (ro)

• Russian: обобществля́ть (ru) (obobščestvljátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: podruštveniti, socijalizirati (sh)

Further reading

• socialize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “socialize”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.