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social lives

social lives is the plural of social life.

Meaning of social life

Noun

social life (plural social lives)

  1. An individual's interpersonal relationships with people within their immediate surroundings or general public.
  2. Those public activities performed in association with others for the purpose of pleasure.
    • Its place in the social life of Derby and of the railway world is well assured, [...].1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150
  3. Dating; romantic courtship.
    • And it is ruining my social life. face keeps breaking out with pimples and I know I look repulsive, so how can I ever expect to have boy friends?1958 March 26, “Acne Causes Social Woes”, in Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, SC

Questions about social lives

What is social lives the plural of?
Social lives is the plural of social life.

Words near social lives in the dictionary

  1. social landlords
  2. social liberal
  3. social liberalism
  4. social life
  5. social listening
  6. social lives
  7. social loafing
  8. social lubricant
  9. social lubricants
  10. social marginality
  11. social media

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