Collins English-English Dictionary

social ['səυʃəl]

1. 1. adj living or preferring to live in a community rather than alone

2. 2. adj denoting or relating to human society or any of its subdivisions

3. 3. adj of, relating to, or characteristic of the experience, behaviour, and interaction of persons forming groups

4. 4. adj relating to or having the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc

   a social club

5. 5. adj relating to or engaged in social services

   a social worker

6. 6. adj relating to or considered appropriate to a certain class of society, esp one thought superior

7. 7. adj (esp of certain species of insects) living together in organized colonies - Compare solitary

   social bees

8. 8. adj (of plant species) growing in clumps, usually over a wide area

9. 9. n an informal gathering, esp of an organized group, to promote companionship, communal activity, etc

10. 10. n [Etymology] C16: from Latin socialis companionable, from socius a comrade