Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To place under government or group ownership or control.
- intransitive verb To cause to accept or behave in accordance with social norms or expectations.
- intransitive verb To take part in social activities.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render social.
- To form or regulate according to the theories of socialism. Also spelled
socialise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To render social.
- transitive verb To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
interact with others - verb transitive To
instruct , usually subconsciously, in theetiquette of a society - verb transitive To take into
collective orgovernmental ownership
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take part in social activities; interact with others
- verb make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
- verb prepare for social life
- verb train for a social environment
Etymologies
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Examples
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Everything was well planned and I was able to enjoy myself and socialize, which is sometimes hard to do when serving a coursed dinner.
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Everything was well planned and I was able to enjoy myself and socialize, which is sometimes hard to do when serving a coursed dinner.
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At 8.8 per 1000, South Carolina's infant mortality rate is three times higher than the infant mortality rate of Sweden; 2 1/2 time higher than the infant mortality rate of France - Both countries with so-called "socialize d medicine."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Team 2012
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They have people panicked that the government will take away their current plans and "socialize" their health care and that the government will ration their care.
Republicans raising cash to counter-program ABC Obama special 2009
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If President Obama is feeling the back-lash from his efforts to 'socialize' this country ... he hasn't seen anything yet.
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Producers should pay for the waste they "design in" to products and packages, costs they now "socialize" by passing them along to local communities.
Bill Shireman: GOP and the Environment: The Bruising Battle Ahead, and Five Ways to Overcome It Bill Shireman 2010
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Producers should pay for the waste they "design in" to products and packages, costs they now "socialize" by passing them along to local communities.
Bill Shireman: GOP and the Environment: The Bruising Battle Ahead, and Five Ways to Overcome It Bill Shireman 2010
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To the person who refers to Obama as the candidate who is going to "socialize" medicine, please point me in the direction of some proof of this statement.
In Case You Were Wondering If Health Care is Broken... aka TBTAM 2008
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But they ended up crashing the whole goddamned system, which gave them no choice but to beg Congress to "socialize" their losses with an infusion of hefty amounts of taxpayer cash.
Joseph A. Palermo: Crazy Woman in Pittsburgh? Republican Problems Run Deeper 2010
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But they ended up crashing the whole goddamned system, which gave them no choice but to beg Congress to "socialize" their losses with an infusion of hefty amounts of taxpayer cash.
Crazy Woman in Pittsburgh? Republican Problems Run Deeper 2010
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