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Meaning of social in English

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Examples of social

social
At the moment, friends are organising concerts and socials to help the boy and his parents.
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Attend a few parades and a few socials, and then decide for yourselves which of the two you will be.
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Such people work very hard to raise money through socials, jumble sales, coffee mornings and so on.
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Such assessments may be more than is needed in the majority of general needs housing applications—that is, assessments by socials services departments.
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If individuals prefer some beliefs to others, there are opportunities for social policy which arise from 'individual failure'.
Yes, she makes a profound and robust argument for social experimentation.
Arguably it is in this final section that this edited collection makes its strongest contribution to the new literature on social care.
Only the state is seen to have the capacity to ensure adequate social protection in the modern world.
However, the very nature of social care makes the promotion of choice a challenging aim.
Saying that only those who secure desirable goods from their associates have social capital is tantamount to saying that only the successful succeed.
They are currently oered as a way to build social theory by means of computer-based experimentation.
In conclusion, given these three diering positions it is clear that de®nitions of basic social phenomena are important for multi-agent system research.
They model contextual information including physical, environmental, personal, social, application, and system contexts.
Future policy trends in relation to the personal social services are also considered.
Still, he did propose the introduction of children's allowances as one key element in the social security framework.
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Translations of social

in Chinese (Traditional)
出外, 社交的,交際的, 好交際的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
出外, 社交的,交际的, 好交际的…
in Spanish
social, de tipo social, social [masculine-feminine…
in Portuguese
social…
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सामाजिक मित्रपरिवार, सामाजिक…
社交の, (仕事以外で)人とのつき合いの, 社会的な…
toplumsal, sosyal, eğlence kabilinden…
social/-ale, social…
social, (de tipus) social…
sociaal, maatschappelijk, voor de gezelligheid…
நீங்கள் சந்திக்கும் மற்றும் மற்றவர்களுடன் நேரத்தை செலவழிக்கும் செயல்பாடுகள் மற்றும் நீங்கள் வேலை செய்யாத நேரத்தில் நடக்கும் செயல்பாடுகள் தொடர்பானது, சமூகத்துடன் தொடர்புடையது மற்றும் ஒழுங்கமைக்கப்பட்ட வழியில் ஒன்றாக வாழ்வது…
समाजिक, समाज की गतिविधियों से संबंधित, सामाजिक…
સામાજિક…
samfundsmæssig, samfunds-, social-…
social, sällskaps-…
sosial…
sozial, Gesellschafts-…, gesellig…
sosial, selskapelig, sosial-…
سماجی, معاشرتی…
суспільний, громадський, соціальний…
общественный, социальный, светский…
సామాజిక…
اِجْتِماعي…
সামাজিক মেলামেশা সম্পর্কিত, সামাজিক…
sociální, společenský…
sosial…
เกี่ยวกับสังคม, เกี่ยวกับระบบสังคมนิยม, ที่อยู่กันเป็นกลุ่ม…
có tính chất xã hội, thuộc quan hệ gữa người và người, thuộc xã hội…
społeczny, towarzyski, stadny…
사회의, 사회적인…
sociale, della società…
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