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Definition of social noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

social

noun
 
/ˈsəʊʃl/
 
/ˈsəʊʃl/
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  1. socials
    [plural] a way of referring to all somebody's social media websites and software programs
    • Don’t forget to check the band's socials to hear about future tour dates.
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
  2. [countable] (old-fashioned) a party that is organized by a group or club
    • a church social
  3. the social
    [uncountable] (British English, old-fashioned, informal) social security (= money that the government pays regularly to people who are poor, unemployed, sick, etc.)
    • on the social We're living on the social now.
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin socialis ‘allied’, from socius ‘friend’.
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