Society

Definition

society /sǝ'saÇǝti / n ၁။ [U] လူ႕အဖြဲ႕အစည္း။ အမ်ားျပည္သူ။ ျပည္သူ။ လူထု။ drugs, crime and other dangers to society ❍ Society has a right to see law-breakers punished. ၂။ [C,U] လူ႕ေဘာင္အဖြဲ႕အစည္း။ လူ႕အဖြဲ႕အစည္း။ modern industrial societies ❍ live in a multi-racial society ❍ working-class society ❍ the traditions of our society ❍ the attitudes of Western society. ၃။ [C] အသင္း။ အဖြဲ႕။ the school debating society ❍ a co-operative society ❍ a drama society. See also BUILDING SOCIETY, FRIENDLY SOCIETY ၄။ [U] လူတန္းစား အလႊာ။ high society (ie rich and important people) ❍ a society wedding. ၅။ [U] ( fml ) ေပါင္းသင္းဆက္ဆံေရး။ အေပါင္းအသင္းအျဖစ္။ avoid the society of other people.

Examples

1. Society has to be prepared to support its elderly people.
2. The scheme aims to encourage the reintegration of prisoners into society.
3. The protesters were drawn from a broad cross section of society.
4. Good writing still has a place in contemporary society.
5. The novels reflect the values of Victorian society.
6. The question is whether we have sufficient resources to sustain an industrial society.
7. Never forget that we live in a multicultural society.
8. [affluent society] : In today’s affluent society people are becoming increasingly discontented.
9. This is going to be the biggest society wedding of the year.
10. She joined the local history society and made some new friends.