socialize

Kontakte pflegen, unter Leute gehen

Zeit mit anderen Menschen verbringen, sich unterhalten und gemeinsam Spaß haben.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: socialize with someone (She likes to socialize with her neighbours.)

Synonyme: mix, mingle

Häufige Wendungen: socialize with friends, socialize after work, socialize with someone

sozialisieren

Jemandem vermitteln, welches Verhalten in seiner Gesellschaft erwartet wird, oft durch alltägliche Erfahrungen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: acculturate

Häufige Wendungen: socialize children, socialize someone into, socialize someone to

vergesellschaften, sozialisieren

Unternehmen oder Eigentum in den Besitz des Staates oder der gesamten Gemeinschaft überführen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

Synonyme: nationalize, collectivize

Gegenteile: privatize

Häufige Wendungen: socialize industry, socialize the banks, socialize private property