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socialise

socialise is the alternative form of socialize.

Meaning of socialize

Verb

socialize (third-person singular simple present socializes, present participle socializing, simple past and past participle socialized)

  1. (intransitive) To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially.
    • hoping to socialize a bit at the company holiday party
    Synonyms:
    hang out
  2. (transitive) To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.
    • depending on how children are socialized regarding racial and ethnic biases
    Synonyms:
    acculturate
  3. (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership.
    • Near-synonym: nationalize
    Synonyms:
    nationalize

Forms of socialise

third-person singular presentsocialises
present participlesocialising
past participlesocialised
pastsocialised

Origin of socialise

From social + -ise.

Questions about socialise

What is socialise the alternative form of?
Socialise is the alternative form of socialize.

Words near socialise in the dictionary

  1. social-justice warriors
  2. social-security number
  3. social-security numbers
  4. socialisation
  5. socialisations
  6. socialise
  7. socialised
  8. socialisee
  9. socialisees
  10. socialiser
  11. socialisers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: socialise (page history and authors); socialize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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