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social

  • adjective
  • /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/

Being extroverted or outgoing.

Example

“James is a very social guy; he knows lots of people.”

Other meanings

  1. Of or relating to society.

  2. Relating to social media or social networks.

    “social gaming”

Example sentences

  • “There's no fact checking on social media.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Do you play music at social gatherings?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “I used to be fairly social.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "sociālis".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “social” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.