sociable

«sociable» in Mova's school dictionary: Liking to meet and talk with other people; friendly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (sociable, more sociable, most sociable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Liking to meet and talk with other people; friendly. tree →

2) (of an event) Friendly and relaxed, where people mix: a sociable evening. tree →

3) (of animals) Living and getting on well in groups. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school reports a sociable child gets on with others. In science, sociable animals like dolphins, meerkats and bees live in groups. «Sociable hours» (UK) are normal working times, as opposed to unsociable hours like nights.

examples

• My little brother is very sociable and talks to everyone. tree →
• Guinea pigs are sociable, so keep them in pairs. tree →
• The barbecue was a sociable evening. tree →
• She's not very sociable in the morning! tree →
• Dolphins are sociable animals. tree →
• Nurses often work unsociable hours. tree →
• We were very sociable, and there was as much joking and fun as if we had been all of one family circle. tree →

note

Opposite: unsociable. Close but different: «social» (to do with society: social studies) vs «sociable» (friendly). Spelling: -able.

In the corpora

• "Sociable" on a school report often means talks too much in class.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sociable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.