social
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/ noun C2- A festive gathering to foster introductions. · They organized a social at the dance club to help people get to know one another.
- A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
- A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto. · Also check out some other experts in this topic — their socials are in the pinned comment below.
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“You don’t know the social mill, dad.
When there is a social to be got up or a church tea or anything else to raise money the women have to turn to and do the work.
She could see him instantly before her, in every charm of air and address, but she could remember no more substantial good than the general approbation of the neighbourhood, and the regard which his social powers had gained him in the mess.
In vain I endeavoured to interest him in Afghanistan, in India, in social questions, in anything which might take his mind out of the groove.
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