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sociable
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Word definitions for sociable in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sociable \So"cia*ble\, n. A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable. [Colloq. U. S.] A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver. --Miss Edgeworth.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial. 2 Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation. 3 (context archaic English) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES of a nervous/sociable/sensitive etc disposition (= having a nervous etc character ) ▪ The film is not suitable for people of a nervous disposition. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB more ▪ A buffet meal is much ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, "enjoying the company of others," from Middle French sociable (16c.) and directly from Latin sociabilis "close, intimate, easily united," from sociare "to join, unite," from socius "companion, ally" (see social (adj.)).
Usage examples of sociable.
He had a good appetite, could tell a good story without laughing, was celebrated for his witty repartees and his sociable manners, but he spent his life at home, seldom going out, and seeing hardly anyone because he always had a pipe in his mouth and was surrounded by at least twenty cats, with which he would amuse himself all day.
Lafayette Escadrille are mighty kind and sociable, but there are times when a fellow gets homesick.
I follows this gink around until he becomes sociable and sort of adopts me.
For it is the property, say they, of one that is naturally sociable, to be sensible, that he doth operate sociably: nay, and to desire, that the party him self that is sociably dealt with, should be sensible of it too.
The Urubu vultures of Brazil are as, or perhaps even more, sociable than rooks.
CHAPTER V Life at baden-baden proved a very sociable affair, and Bernard Longueville perceived that he should not lack opportunity for the exercise of those gifts of intelligence to which Gordon Wright had appealed.
Terraforming Project offices, a blandly sociable gesture that did not fool Miles for a moment.
He had such a calm, sociable character that during the whole period of his imprisonment he never quarrelled with anyone.
The large tribe, of the marmots, which includes the three large genuses of Arctomys, Cynomys, and Spermophilus, is still more sociable and still more intelligent.
It may be added that like all sociable animals, the chakar easily becomes tame and grows very attached to man.
The confreries provided a context of life that was intensely sociable, with the solace and sometimes the abrasions that sociability implies.
He only became a sociable being on holidays, on which occasions he would spend his time with his friends in some tavern, coming home at midnight as drunk as a lord and singing verses from Tasso.
I say, that under such circumstances these ships should not only interchange hails, but come into still closer, more friendly and sociable contact.
Jacob wondered if the Pil was trying to be sociable, or if he came by his charm naturally.
The cranes are extremely sociable and live in most excellent relations, not only with their congeners, but also with most aquatic birds.