society
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/ noun A2- 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.
- 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.
- The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals. · The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.
- Companionship or association with one's fellows; friendly or intimate intercourse. · The society of friends is one of life's great joys.
- The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole. · Our global society develops in fits and starts.
- High society. · Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.
- A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
Plural societies
From the library
Said the rules of society couldn’t be bucked for a yard by a team of ten-millionaires.”
To the society bud comes but one début; it stands alone sweet in her memory when her hair has whitened; but to Chandler each ten weeks brought a joy as keen, as thrilling, as new as the first had been.
His brief season of elegant luxury would be doubly enjoyable if he could add to it a lady’s society.
But, sister dear, the kind of man we always meet—the man who lives an idle life between society and his clubs—I could not love a man like that, even if his eyes were blue and he were ever so kind to poor girls whom he met in the street.”
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