Collocations for "social"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "social" in context.
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social
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a social [club, event, activity]
- are social [creatures, beings, animals]
- he's not very social
- she's not a (very) social person
- [have, need] a (better) social life
- (has no) social skills
- important social cues
- social [issues, policies] are important
- social and [political, economical, health] issues
- fighting for social [justice, change]
- has a social responsibility to
- social security [number, administration]
- receiving social security
- utilize social services
- is a social worker
- [studies, researches] the social sciences
- were [divided, grouped] by social [rank, class]
- an [afternoon, evening] social
- [ask, invite] her to the [fall, winter, spring] social
- was [asked] to the [fall] social
- a [morning, daily, Sunday] social
- [organize, promote, put on] church socials
- [go to, attend] the church social
'social' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accord
- acumen
- advancement
- anchor
- anxiety
- app
- backbone
- backlash
- benefit
- butterfly
- capital
- champion
- change
- cheat
- class
- cognitive
- collaboration
- comment
- competence
- complicated
- composition
- compulsory
- conform
- consciousness
- conservative
- construct
- contract
- covenant
- creature
- cultural
- cut
- debate
- decade
- deepen
- default
- definite
- dependent
- dimension
- disadvantage
- discourse
- disease
- displacement
- dissertation
- divide
- do
- dynamic
- earthquake
- economic
- education
- elderly