How do you use the word "society" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "society" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "society": Most schools were designed not to transform society, but to reproduce it. The society made him president.

Society Meaning

/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

nounA group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

Sentence Examples

Most schools were designed not to transform society, but to reproduce it.

The society made him president.

She believes that the arts benefit society as a whole.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

club order company

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

A healthy ____ requires that people work together and follow shared rules.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Living in a free ____ means having the right to express your own opinions and beliefs openly.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin societāslbor. Old French societé Middle French societébor. English society Borrowed from Middle French societé, from Old French societé, from Latin societās, societātem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). First attested in the 1530s.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record." — 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:

"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." — 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

"The Stephenson Locomotive Society (North Western Area) and the Manchester Locomotive Society are co-operating in running a special corridor train, to be worked by an 0-6-0 locomotive of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, on Saturday, May 12, over a route which includes visits to four historic stations, ascent of the 1 in 27 Werneth Incline, and traversal of lines normally closed to passenger traffic." — 1956 April, “Notes and News: Rail Tour of "Old Manchester"”, in Railway Magazine, page 273:

"Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector." — 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

"This was Jo’s favorite refuge, and here she loved to retire with half a dozen russets and a nice book, to enjoy the quiet and the society of a pet rat who lived near by and didn’t mind her a particle.[…]" — 1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 2, in Little Women:

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