ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Soc.

/səʊʃ/ · noun

Meaning

(slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science..

Definitions by Sense

(slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.
(slang, countable) Upper class youth.
(UK, university slang) A society (circle, club, interest group).
(UK, law, historical) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

Example Sentences

We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.

Are you part of any socs this year?

As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue.

Doubts have recently been cast upon Maitland's view that the Anglo-Saxon "sac and soc" included the right to hold a petty court, to compel tenants to attend it, and to take profits from it.

Word Forms

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Soc

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Use soc. when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does soc. mean?

Soc. means (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science..

What is a synonym for soc.?

Common synonyms include soke.

What is the opposite of soc.?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use soc. in a sentence?

We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.

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Definitions by Sense

(slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.

(slang, countable) Upper class youth.

(UK, university slang) A society (circle, club, interest group).

(UK, law, historical) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.

(UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

Example Sentences

We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.

Are you part of any socs this year?

As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue.

Doubts have recently been cast upon Maitland's view that the Anglo-Saxon "sac and soc" included the right to hold a petty court, to compel tenants to attend it, and to take profits from it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does soc. mean?

Soc. means (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science..

What is a synonym for soc.?

Common synonyms include soke.

What is the opposite of soc.?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use soc. in a sentence?

We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.