societies

noun pl. societies

1. a group of persons regarded as forming a single community, esp. as forming a distinct social or economic class
2. the system or condition of living together as a community in such a group: an agrarian society
3. all people, collectively, regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals: a law for the good of society
4. company or companionship: to seek another's society
5. one's friends or associates
6. any organized group of people joined together because of work, interests, etc. in common: a medical society
7. 1. a group of persons regarded or regarding itself as a dominant class, usually because of wealth, birth, education, etc.: her debut into society
   2. the conduct, standards, activities, etc. of this class
8. a group of animals or plants living together in a single environment and regarded as constituting a homogeneous unit or entity

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