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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Society \So*ci"e*ty\, n.; pl. Societies. [L. societas, fr.
     socius a companion: cf. F. soci['e]t['e]. See Social.]
     1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in
        any way; companionship; fellowship; company. ``Her loved
        society.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There is society where none intrudes
              By the deep sea, and music in its roar. --Byron.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The meanest of the people and such as have the least
              society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A number of persons associated for any temporary or
        permanent object; an association for mutual or joint
        usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a
        partnership; as, a missionary society.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The persons, collectively considered, who live in any
        region or at any period; any community of individuals who
        are united together by a common bond of nearness or
        intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates,
        friends, and acquaintances.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
        in its social relations and influences; those who mutually
        give receive formal entertainments.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Society of Jesus. See Jesuit.
  
     Society verses [a translation of F. vers de soci['e]t['e]],
        the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the
        amusement of polite society.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Society \So*ci"e*ty\, n.; pl. Societies. [L. societas, fr.
     socius a companion: cf. F. soci['e]t['e]. See Social.]
     1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in
        any way; companionship; fellowship; company. ``Her loved
        society.'' --Milton.
  
              There is society where none intrudes By the deep
              sea, and music in its roar.           --Byron.
  
     2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.]
  
              The meanest of the people and such as have the least
              society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
  
     3. A number of persons associated for any temporary or
        permanent object; an association for mutual or joint
        usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a
        partnership; as, a missionary society.
  
     4. The persons, collectively considered, who live in any
        region or at any period; any community of individuals who
        are united together by a common bond of nearness or
        intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates,
        friends, and acquaintances.
  
     5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
        in its social relations and influences; those who mutually
        give receive formal entertainments.
  
     Society of Jesus. See Jesuit.
  
     Society verses [a translation of F. vers de soci['e]t['e]],
        the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the
        amusement of polite society.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  society
       n 1: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and
            economic organization
       2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
          joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
          "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
          today" [syn: club, guild, gild, lodge, order]
       3: the state of being with someone; "he missed their company";
          "he enjoyed the society of his friends" [syn: company, companionship,
           fellowship]
       4: the fashionable elite [syn: high society, beau monde, smart
          set, bon ton]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  society
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η κοινωνία
     2 μη κερδοσκοπική εταιρεία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  society
     n.
     (lb en countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural
  aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  society
     n.
     (lb en countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural
  aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  society
     n.
     (lb en countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural
  aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  society
     n.
     (lb en countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural
  aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  society
     Englanti n.
     1 yhteiskunta
     2 seura

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  society
     Engelska n.
     samhälle, förening, sällskap

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  1. klub
  2. vereniging
  3. samelewing

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Society /səsˈaɪəti/
  المجتمع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  society //səˈsaɪ.ə.ti// 
  1. о́бщество, общество
  group of people sharing culture
  2. дру́жество
  group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest
  3. общественост, общество
  people of one’s country or community as a whole

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  společnost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  společenství

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  sdružení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/ 
  spolek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  kolektiv

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/ 
  družstvo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/ 
  společenství

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/ 
  sdružení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/ 
  kolektiv

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/ 
  cymdeithas 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  Gesellschaft  [soc.]
           Note: Gesamtheit der Menschen, die zusammenleben
        "event-driven society"  - Erlebnisgesellschaft
        "introduce sb. into society"  - jdn. in die Gesellschaft einführen
   see: societies, outrage society, fun society, affluent society, change society
  
           Note: aggregate of people living together

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  Kulturkreis , Kulturbereich 
     Synonyms: cultural environment, cultural sphere
  
   see: cultural environments, cultural spheres
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  Tiergesellschaft , Gesellschaft , Sozietät  [zool.]
           Note: vorübergehende Zweckgemeinschaft von Tieren
           Note: temporary aggregation of animals for a specified purpose

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  Verein 
        "local history society"  - Geschichts- und Heimatverein
   see: societies
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  
  κοινωνία

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  society //səˈsaɪ.ə.ti// 
  1. yhteiskunta
  group of people sharing culture
  2. yhdistys, kerho, seura, yhteisö
  group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest
  3. yhteisö, yhteiskunta
  people of one’s country or community as a whole

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  society /səsaiətiː/
  1. club
  2. société

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/ 
  1. समाज
        "Different people have different societies."
  2. सामाजिक जीवन
        "The society of those people is good."
  3. वर्ग
        "Join the societies of good persons."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  društva, društveni život, društvenost, društvo, društvom, društvu, općenje, udruga, udruženje, viši krugovi

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  társadalom

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  society //səˈsaɪ.ə.ti// 
  1. masyarakat 2.
  group of people sharing culture
   3.
  people of one’s country or community as a whole
  2. perkumpulan
  group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  compagnia

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  society //səˈsaɪ.ə.ti// 
  1. 社会 2.
  group of people sharing culture
   3.
  people of one’s country or community as a whole
  2. 協会, 組織
  group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  society /səsaiətiː/
  visuomenė, draugija

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  society /səsaiətiː/
  1. club, sociëteit
  2. genootschap, gezelschap, krans, kring, vereniging
  3. gemeenschap, maatschappij, samenleving

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  society //səˈsaɪ.ə.ti// 
  samfunn
  group of people sharing culture

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  society /səˈsaɪətɪ/ 
   1.  społeczeństwo
   2.  towarzystwo, stowarzyszenie

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  society /səsaiətiː/
  comunidade, corposocial, sociedade

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  society /səsaiətiː/
  1. клуб
  2. ассоциация

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  society /səsaiətiː/
  club

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  society //səˈsaɪ.ə.ti// 
  1. samhälle 2.
  group of people sharing culture
   3.
  people of one’s country or community as a whole
  2. förening, samhälle
  group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  society /səsˈaɪəti/
  1. toplum, cemiyet
  2. sosyete
  3. halk, millet, kavim
  4. arkadaşlık, dostluk
  5. şirket, kurum, dernek
  6. topluluk. society life sosyete hayatı. avoid the society of arkadaşlığından kaçınmak. leader of society toplum hayatında lider. polite society sosyete.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  Society
  Society

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/səˈsaɪəti/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  SOCIETY. A society is a number of persons united together by mutual consent, 
  in order to deliberate, determine, and act jointly for some common purpose. 
       2. Societies are either incorporated and known to the law, or 
  unincorporated, of which the law does not generally take notice. 
       3. By civil society is usually understood a state, (q.v.) a nation, 
  (q.v.) or a body politic. (q.v.) Rutherf. Inst. c. 1 and 2. 
       4. In the civil law, by society is meant a partnership. Inst. 3, 26; 
  Dig. 17, 2 Code, 4, 37. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  242 Moby Thesaurus words for "society":
     Bund, Everyman, John Doe, Public, Rochdale cooperative,
     Vanity Fair, academy, acculturation, affiliation, alliance, ashram,
     assemblage, assembly, association, associational, axis, band, bash,
     beau monde, beautiful people, belt, best people, biff, bloc, body,
     body politic, bop, box, branch, brethren, brotherhood, buffet,
     bust, cafe society, camaraderie, carriage trade, caste, chop,
     church, churchgoers, circle, citizenry, civilization, clan, class,
     clout, club, coalition, coalitional, college, colony, combination,
     combine, common man, common market, commonwealth, communal,
     commune, communion, community, community at large, companionship,
     company, complex, confederacy, confederation, confraternity,
     confrerie, congregation, consociation, consortship, constituency,
     consumer cooperative, cooperation, cooperative,
     cooperative society, corps, council, country club,
     cream of society, credit union, cultural community, cultural drift,
     culture, culture area, culture center, culture complex,
     culture conflict, culture contact, culture pattern, culture trait,
     customs union, denomination, division, drawing room, dwellers,
     economic class, economic community, elite, endogamous group,
     estate, ethnic group, ethos, everybody, everyman, everyone,
     everywoman, extended family, faction, family, fashionable society,
     federation, fellowship, flock, fold, folk, folks, folkways,
     fraternal order, fraternity, fraternization, free trade area,
     friendship, gang, general public, gens, gentry, good society,
     group, grouping, guild, habitancy, haut monde, high life,
     high society, in-crowd, inhabitants, institute, intercourse,
     jet set, jeunesse doree, key trait, kinship group, laity, laymen,
     league, linguistic community, machine, mankind, masses, membership,
     men, minyan, mob, moiety, monde, mores, nation, nationality,
     nonclerics, nonordained persons, nuclear family, offshoot, order,
     organization, organizational, parish, parishioners, partaking,
     participation, partnership, party, paste, people, people at large,
     people in general, people of fashion, persons, persuasion,
     phratria, phratry, phyle, polite society, political machine,
     polity, populace, population, public, punch, race, religious order,
     right people, ring, salon, schism, school, secret society, sect,
     sectarism, seculars, segment, settlement, sharing, sheep,
     sisterhood, slap, smack, smart set, smash, sociable, social,
     social class, social register, societe, sock, sodality, sorority,
     speech community, state, stock, strain, subcaste, system,
     the Four Hundred, the public, thwack, totem, trait, trait-complex,
     union, upper classes, upper crust, uppercut, variety, version,
     way of life, welt, whack, whole people, world, world of fashion,
     you and me
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 社会,交往,上流社会;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. U社会;C团体,社会;U上流社会

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