Social vs. Environment

Socialnoun

A festive gathering to foster introductions.

‘They organized a social at the dance club to get people to know each other.’;

Environmentnoun

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Socialnoun

(Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.

Environmentnoun

The natural world or ecosystem.

Socialnoun

(with definite article) Abbreviation of social security, referring to the UK state welfare system, or of related terms such as Social Security Office or Social Security Benefit.

‘Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.’;

Environmentnoun

All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

Socialnoun

abbreviation of social security number

‘What's your social?’;

Environmentnoun

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

Socialnoun

A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.

Environmentnoun

(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

‘That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.’;

Socialnoun

(Canada) social studies

Environmentnoun

(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.

Socialadjective

Being extroverted or outgoing.

‘James is a very social guy; he knows lots of people.’;

Environmentnoun

(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

Socialadjective

Of or relating to society.

‘Teresa feels uncomfortable in certain social situations.’; ‘Unemployment is a social problem.’;

Environmentnoun

Act of environing; state of being environed.

Socialadjective

(Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.

‘social gaming’;

Environmentnoun

That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

‘It is no friendly environment, this of thine.’;

Socialadjective

(rare) Relating to a nation's allies (compare the Social War)

Environmentnoun

the totality of surrounding conditions;

‘he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom’;

Socialadjective

Cooperating or growing in groups.

‘a social insect’;

Environmentnoun

the area in which something exists or lives;

‘the country--the flat agricultural surround’;

Socialadjective

Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.

Environmentnoun

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

‘survival in an often hostile environment’;

Socialadjective

Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.

Environmentnoun

the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on

‘a good learning environment’;

Socialadjective

Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.

‘Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st notSocial communication.’;

Environmentnoun

the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates

‘a desktop development environment’;

Socialadjective

Naturally growing in groups or masses; - said of many individual plants of the same species.

Environmentnoun

the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity

‘the impact of pesticides on the environment’; ‘a parliamentary environment committee’;

Socialadjective

Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees.

Socialnoun

a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

Socialadjective

relating to human society and its members;

‘social institutions’; ‘societal evolution’; ‘societal forces’; ‘social legislation’;

Socialadjective

living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups;

‘human beings are social animals’; ‘spent a relaxed social evening’; ‘immature social behavior’;

Socialadjective

relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society;

‘made fun of her being so social and high-toned’; ‘a social gossip colum’; ‘the society page’;

Socialadjective

composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability;

‘a purely social club’; ‘the church has a large social hall’; ‘a social director’;

Socialadjective

(of birds and animals) tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind;

‘ants are social insects’; ‘the herding instinct in sheep or cattle’; ‘swarming behavior in bees’;

Socialadjective

marked by friendly companionship with others;

‘a social cup of coffee’;

Socialadjective

relating to society or its organization

‘the social structure of Europe had become more fluid’; ‘alcoholism is recognized as a major social problem’;

Socialadjective

relating to rank and status in society

‘a recent analysis of social class in Britain’; ‘her mother is a lady of the highest social standing’;

Socialadjective

needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities

‘we are social beings as well as individuals’;

Socialadjective

relating to or designed for activities in which people meet each other for pleasure

‘staff facilities included a social club and leisure complex’; ‘Guy led a full social life’;

Socialadjective

(of a bird) gregarious; breeding or nesting in colonies.

Socialadjective

(of an insect) living together in organized communities, typically with different castes, as ants, bees, wasps, and termites do.

Socialadjective

(of a mammal) living together in groups, typically in a hierarchical system with complex communication.

Socialnoun

an informal social gathering, especially one organized by the members of a particular club or group

‘a church social’;

Socialnoun

short for social security

‘not everyone's on the social and taking drugs’;

Social

Social organisms, including humans, live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary/involuntary.