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)

2. (intransitive) To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially.

   Synonym: hang out

   hoping to socialize a bit at the company holiday party

4. (transitive) To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.

   Synonym: acculturate

   depending on how children are socialized regarding racial and ethnic biases

6. (transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership.

   Near-synonym: nationalize

   fears about potential attempts to socialize medicine

• “socialize”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “socialize”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: 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