Meaning & use
competitive socialising
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Meaning
noununcountableBritishbusiness
The activity of meeting friends or colleagues to play games or take part in a competition while socializing.
Grammar: Uncountable; takes a singular verb: 'Competitive socialising is growing.'
Patterns
- competitive socialising venues
- a form of competitive socialising
- go competitive socialising
Competitive socialising has become popular with office teams looking for fun after work.
The bar offers competitive socialising such as darts, shuffleboard, and mini-golf.
Many city centers now have venues dedicated to competitive socialising.
Common combinations
- competitive socialising venue
- The new competitive socialising venue has ten bowling lanes and a cocktail bar.
- a boom in competitive socialising
- There has been a boom in competitive socialising since the pandemic.
- competitive socialising experience
- They booked a competitive socialising experience for the whole department.
- competitive socialising concept
- The restaurant combines dining with a competitive socialising concept.
Synonyms and how they differ
- social gaming
- Similar but often refers to online or video games; competitive socialising usually means in-person activities in a venue.
Word family
- competitive adjective
- Involving competition; wanting to win.
- socialise verb
- To spend time with others for pleasure (British spelling; American: socialize).
- socialising noun
- The activity of meeting people socially.
Commonly confused: competitive socialising or competitive socializing?
competitive socialising vs competitive socializing
This is the American spelling. The meaning is the same, but 'competitive socialising' with a s is British.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'competitive socialising' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The term is uncountable and takes a singular verb, so B is correct. A uses 'are' wrongly, C treats it as a countable noun with 'a', and D uses it as an adjective or verb incorrectly.
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