socialize

== English == === Alternative forms === socialise === Etymology === From social + -ize. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/ === Verb === socialize (third-person singular simple present socializes, present participle socializing, simple past and past participle socialized) (intransitive) To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially. Synonym: hang out (transitive) To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society. Synonym: acculturate (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership. Near-synonym: nationalize ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “socialize”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “socialize”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Galician == === Verb === socialize (reintegrationist norm) inflection of socializar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Verb === socialize inflection of socializar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative