Society Definition

sə-sīĭ-tē
societies
noun
societies
A group of persons regarded as forming a single community, esp. as forming a distinct social or economic class.
Webster's New World
All people, collectively, regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals.
A law for the good of society.
Webster's New World
An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest.
A folklore society; a society of bird watchers.
American Heritage Medicine
The system or condition of living together as a community in such a group.
An agrarian society.
Webster's New World
The wealthy, socially dominant members of a community.
American Heritage
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adjective

Of or characteristic of society.

The society page of a newspaper.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Society

Noun

Singular:
society
Plural:
societies

Origin of Society

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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French societé, from Latin societas.

    From Wiktionary

Society 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.

  • 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.

  • The Society of St Vincent de Paul was founded by Frederic Ozanam and others in 1833, in reply to a charge brought by some free-thinking contemporaries that the church no longer had the strength to inaugurate a practical enterprise.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOC

Words Ending With

YTYETY

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With S and Ending With Y

Starts With S & Ends With YStarts With SO & Ends With YStarts With S & Ends With TY

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With Y