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rank|personal|due|Henry|796|society|boat|heaven|v.

Pronunciation
IPA|/s��saɪ.�.ti/, SAMPA|/s@"saI.@.ti/
audio|en-us-society.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From OF. societe (French: société).

Noun
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1. countable A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

#: This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.

1. countable A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest.

#: It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.

1. countable The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
2. uncountable The people of one�s country or community taken as a whole.

#: It�s not for society to decide whether I can play the didgeridoo in my own home.
#: He thinks that the fact that this child grew up to be a murderer is the fault of society.

1. uncountable high society.

#: Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.

1. legalese A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act a common goal.

Related terms
building society
high society
Royal Society
societal
society function
society pages

Translations
trans-top|group of people sharing culture
Arabic: ARchar|�جت�ع IPAchar|(mujtáma�)
Chinese: 社�, 社� (shèhuì)
Croatian: t-|hr|društvo
Dutch: t+|nl|maatschappij
Finnish: t+|fi|yhteiskunta
French: t+|fr|société|f
German: t+|de|Gesellschaft
Greek: t|el|κοιν�νία|f|sc=Grek (koinonía)
Hungarian: t+|hu|társaság
Icelandic: samfélag n, þjóðfélag n
Italian: t+|it|società|f
Japanese: 社� (����, shakai)
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Korean: �� (sahoe)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک����ڵا���ت�
Maltese: so�jetà
Polish: t-|pl|spo�ecze�stwo|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|sociedade|f
Russian: t+|ru|об�е��во|n|tróbš�estvo|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|sociedad|f
Slovene: t+|sl|družba|f
Swedish: t+|sv|samhälle|n
Telugu: సమా�� (samaajaM)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|xã h�i|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest
Chinese: �, � (huì); �社, �社 (huìshè); 學�, 学� (xuéhuì)
Croatian: t-|hr|društvo|n
Finnish: yhteisö, yhdistys, seura, kerho
Greek: t|el|��λλογο�|m|sc=Grek (sýllogos)
Icelandic: félag n*Greek: t|el|��λλογο�|m|sc=Grek (sýllogos)
Italian: t+|it|società|f, t+|it|associazione|f
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Kurdish: KUchar|ک����ڵا���ت�
Maltese: għaqda
Polish: t|pl|stowarzyszenie|n
Russian: t+|ru|об�е��во|n|tróbš�estvo|scCyrl
Slovene: družba f
Spanish: t-|es|sociedad|f
Swedish: t+|sv|förening|c
Telugu: స��� (saMGaM)
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trans-top|people of one�s country or community as a whole
Croatian: t-|hr|društvo, t-|hr|zajednica
Czech: t+|cs|spole�nost|f
Greek: t|el|κοιν�νία|f|sc=Grek (koinonía)
Icelandic: samfélag n (usu. with definite article)
Italian: t+|it|società|f
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Maltese: so�jetà, ġens
Polish: t-|pl|spo�ecze�stwo|n
Russian: t+|ru|на�од|m|trnaród|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|sociedad|f, t-|es|comunidad|f
Swedish: t+|sv|samhälle|n
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trans-top|high society
See high society
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