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Society definition

sə-sīĭ-tē
societies
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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 system or condition of living together as a community in such a group.

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

A medical society.

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Of or characteristic of society.

The society page of a newspaper.

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Company or companionship.

To seek another's society.

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One's friends or associates.
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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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All people, collectively, regarded as constituting a community of related, interdependent individuals.

A law for the good of society.

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

An insect 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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(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) 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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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 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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(biology) A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species.

An insect 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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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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(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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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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