socialize

avoir une vie sociale, fréquenter des gens

Passer du temps avec d’autres personnes pour discuter et se divertir ensemble.

En anglais simple : To spend time talking and enjoying yourself with other people.

• I enjoy socializing with friends.
• We socialized after the meeting.
• Do you get many chances to socialize?

Comment l'utiliser : socialize with someone (She likes to socialize with her neighbours.)

Synonymes : mix, mingle

Expressions courantes : socialize with friends, socialize after work, socialize with someone

socialiser

Apprendre à quelqu’un les comportements attendus dans sa société, souvent par les expériences de la vie quotidienne.

En anglais simple : To teach someone how people in their society are expected to behave, often through everyday experience.

• Families help socialize children.
• She was socialized to avoid open disagreement.
• Different cultures socialize young people in different ways.

Comment l'utiliser : socialize someone into something (Schools socialize children into the habits of their society.); socialize someone to do something (Children are socialized to follow certain rules.)

Synonymes : acculturate

Expressions courantes : socialize children, socialize someone into, socialize someone to

socialiser, collectiviser

Faire passer des entreprises ou des biens sous la propriété de l’État ou de toute la collectivité.

En anglais simple : To put businesses or property under the ownership of the government or the whole community.

• The party wants to socialize the banks.
• The government socialized several major industries.
• Would socializing land change how farms operate?

Synonymes : nationalize, collectivize

Contraires : privatize

Expressions courantes : socialize industry, socialize the banks, socialize private property