socializeverb
UK usually socialise uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl.aɪz/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃə.laɪz/socialize verb (GO OUT)
B2 [ I ] to spend time when you are not working with friends or with other people in order to enjoy yourself:
I tend not to socialize with my colleagues.
I hope Adam's actually doing some work at college - he seems to spend all his time socializing!
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- They're content to socialize with a very small circle of people.
- I hope Adam's actually doing some work at college - he seems to spend all his time socializing!
- We're usually too tired to socialize during the week.
- I don't tend to socialize with my colleagues much.
- I've been socializing for the last two weeks.
socialize verb (TRAIN)
[ T ] to train people or animals to behave in a way that others in the group think is suitable:
Here at the school we make every effort to socialize these young offenders.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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socialization
noun [ U ] UK usually socialisation uk/ˌsəʊ.ʃəl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsoʊ.ʃəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/