adj · neutral
social
UK/ˈsəʊʃəl/US/ˈsoʊʃəl/SO·cial
Band 5-6speakingtask2
relating to society or how people interact with each other
Examples
“Social media changed how people communicate.”
“The city faces many social problems.”
“She enjoys social activities at the university.”
Band 8 sentence
“In my view, improving social welfare programs is essential to reduce urban inequality.”
Collocations
- social media
- social issues
- social behaviour
Word family
society nsocial adjsocialise / socialize vsocialisation / socialization nsocially adv
Common mistakes
the society problems→social problems
He is very socialable→He is very sociable
Say it for a higher band
5friendly→6sociable→7+social
Synonyms
sociable
societal
Easily confused
sociable
“She is very sociable and makes friends easily.”
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