noun pl. societies -·ties

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

Etymology: MFr société < L societas < socius, companion: see social

adjective