socialize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb take part in social activities; interact with others
    socialise.
    • He never socializes with his colleagues
    • The old man hates to socialize
  2. verb train for a social environment
    socialise.
    • The children must be properly socialized
  3. verb prepare for social life
    socialise.
    • Children have to be socialized in school
  4. verb make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies
    socialise.
    • Health care should be socialized!

WordNet


So"cial*ize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To render social.
  2. To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.

Webster 1913