society
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
How often you will meet it
Rank 738 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,329 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
- a formal association of people with similar interests also: club, social club, guild, gild, lodge, order he joined a golf clubthey formed a small lunch society
- the state of being with someone also: company, companionship, fellowship he missed their companyhe enjoyed the society of his friends
- the fashionable elite also: high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton
society in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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In the society of other Spurious Sportsmen he is at his best and noblest.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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He meant to get into society--and the society he had selected was that of England.
The Intrusion of Jimmy · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Moreover, Hubertine had found an unexpected aid in the book given by the Society for the Protection of Abandoned Children.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Followed by his sponsor he obeys and what happens at the room no one but the men of the society know.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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It was, in fact, the cashier of the Mutual Credit Society, looking very much indeed as the shop-keeper had described him.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1