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  • verb Present participle of socialise.

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  • noun the act of meeting for social purposes

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Examples

  • "So often socialising is based around work, or conversation about work," says Adam.

    How we nearly lost the plot Lia Leendertz 2010

  • Give me a bunch of friends that I know, and i'm the life of the party, but extending myself into new unchartered realms of socialising is a whole new ball game.

    Miss Mix-A-Lot. 2004

  • Give me a bunch of friends that I know, and i'm the life of the party, but extending myself into new unchartered realms of socialising is a whole new ball game.

    Archive 2004-06-01 2004

  • Personally I would use the time to get some money behind me, some experience in a clinical / medical environment to build up a social and professional support network (previously known as socialising) and do a bit of reading at night.

    NMM - UK Medical School Forums LittleOrangeBandaid 2009

  • Every night after dinner there's a talk in the bar, which I think is genius, because it drags everyone up there and they commence socialising, which is handy for a trip like this, but more importantly, it gets everyone spending their money on excessive amounts of beer.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • We never really do that kind of socialising and it is a great idea so it would be a shame to cancel, but now I'm thinking maybe I'll have to cancel because it's tomorrow evening and I might not be up to it by then.

    sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002

  • I think maybe my attitude was wrong; you’re supposed to sit down with all the other groups and that,” Smith says, as if the idea of socialising with Primal Scream backstage at Reading horrifies him, in much the same way as chatting to that dull bloke from accounts at the office Christmas party would anyone else.

    The Fall online - latest Fall News 2006

  • Nine-year-old Barney was snatched last week and replaced with a handwritten note saying rabbits should be out "socialising".

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Nine-year-old Barney was snatched last week and replaced with a handwritten note saying rabbits should be out "socialising".

    Mirror.co.uk - News 2010

  • This is the idea that we're all doing the same kind of socialising as before only on a much bigger scale.

    Pocket-lint 2010

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