socialize

• socialise

From social +‎ -ize.

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

1. (intransitive) To interact with others
2. (transitive) To instruct somebody, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society
3. (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership

• “socialize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “socialize”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

socialize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of socializar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

socialize

1. inflection of socializar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative