Society meaning

sə-sī'ĭ-tē
Society is defined as a group of people living as a community or an organized group of people for a common purpose.

An example of society is Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

An example of society is the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

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An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest.

A folklore society; a society of bird watchers.

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Companionship; company.

Enjoys the society of friends and family members.

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The wealthy, socially dominant members of a community.
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The definition of society is anything relating to the fashionable or wealthy community.

An example of society is a party attended by socialites.

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The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals.

Working for the benefit of society.

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A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture.

Rural society; literary society.

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A group of persons regarded as forming a single community, esp. as forming a distinct social or economic class.
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Company or companionship.

To seek another's society.

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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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Any organized group of people joined together because of work, interests, etc. in common.

A medical society.

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The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals.

Working for the benefit of society.

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The system or condition of living together as a community in such a group.

An agrarian society.

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All people, collectively, regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals.

A law for the good of society.

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One's friends or associates.
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A group of persons regarded or regarding itself as a dominant class, usually because of wealth, birth, education, etc.

Her debut into society.

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The conduct, standards, activities, etc. of this class.
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Of or characteristic of society.

The society page of a newspaper.

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An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest.

A folklore society; a society of bird watchers.

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Companionship; company.

Enjoys the society of friends and family members.

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A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture.

Rural society; literary society.

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(countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.

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(countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.

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(countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.

The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.

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(uncountable) The people of one's country or community taken as a whole.

Our global society develops in fits and starts.

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(uncountable) High society.

Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.

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(countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
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A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species.

An insect society.

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A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species.

An insect society.

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Origin of society

French société from Old French from Latin societās fellowship from socius companion sekw-1 in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • I thought maybe I wasn't high society material.

  • He had a brilliant position in society thanks to his intimacy with Countess Bezukhova, a brilliant position in the service thanks to the patronage of an important personage whose complete confidence he enjoyed, and he was beginning to make plans for marrying one of the richest heiresses in Petersburg, plans which might very easily be realized.

  • The society gathered together at the governor's was the best in Voronezh.

  • Only Countess Helene, considering the society of such people as the Bergs beneath her, could be cruel enough to refuse such an invitation.

  • All the pretty women in society will be there.

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