Meaning & use
competitive socializing
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Meaning
noununcountableinformal
Going out with friends to a venue where friendly games or contests, such as darts or shuffleboard, are the main activity alongside food and drink.
Grammar: Uncountable: competitive socializing is popular, not a competitive socializing.
Patterns
- competitive socializing venue
- enjoy competitive socializing
Competitive socializing has become a favorite way for coworkers to spend a Friday night.
The new bar offers competitive socializing with axe throwing and table tennis.
Many young adults prefer competitive socializing to a noisy club.
Common combinations
- competitive socializing venue
- The old warehouse was turned into a competitive socializing venue.
- rise of competitive socializing
- Analysts link the rise of competitive socializing to a desire for shared activities.
- enjoy competitive socializing
- We enjoy competitive socializing, especially team quizzes.
- competitive socializing trend
- The competitive socializing trend has changed how pubs advertise.
- competitive socializing brand
- One competitive socializing brand now has twenty branches.
Synonyms and how they differ
- game night
- It usually means a private evening of board games at home, while competitive socializing means a paid venue.
- social gaming
- It often refers to online or video games, so it is narrower than going to a venue together.
- pub games
- It names the games themselves rather than the trend of venues built around them.
Word family
- compete verb
- to try to win against others
- competition noun
- a contest
- socialize verb
- to spend time with other people
- social adjective
- relating to meeting others
Commonly confused: competitive socializing or social competition?
competitive socializing vs social competition
It describes people competing for status. Competitive socializing means friendly games on a night out.
Practice
The company booked a bar with darts and bowling for its Friday team event, a typical case of ____.
Choose one answer.
Competitive socializing means going out for games with others. Formal networking is professional contact, not a night of friendly competition.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “competitive socializing”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.