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society
English
Alternative forms
- soc. (abbreviation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French societé , from Latin societ?s, societ?tem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??sa?.?.ti/
Noun
society (countable and uncountable, plural societies)
- (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
- (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
- (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
- (uncountable) High society.
- (countable, law) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- "society" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 291.
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theatre
English
Etymology
From Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from ??????? (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).
Pronunciation
- like theater
- Hyphenation: thea?tre
- Hyphenation: the?a?tre
Noun
theatre (countable and uncountable, plural theatres)
- (chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of theater
Usage notes
- The spelling theatre is the main spelling in British English, with theater being rare.
- The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in the United States, however, usually use the spelling "theatre", especially when writing about the art-form while retaining "theater" to write about the location. The spelling is also used often in advertising.
Translations
Anagrams
- hat tree, hattree, teareth, tethera, theater, thereat
Middle English
Noun
theatre
- Alternative form of theater
Middle French
Etymology
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Noun
theatre m (plural theatres)
- theatre
Old French
Noun
theatre m (oblique plural theatres, nominative singular theatres, nominative plural theatre)
- Alternative form of teatre
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