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soc¹
- /səʊʃ/ UK
- /soʊʃ/ US
Sounds like sosh · Rhymes with -əʊʃ
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of sociology and social.
noun socs · Soc
- Sociology or social science.
- Upper class youth. 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.
soc²
- /sɒk/ UK
- /sɑk/ US
Rhymes with -ɒk
Where it comes from
Clipping of society.
noun socs
- A society (circle, club, interest group). Are you part of any socs this year?
soc³
- /sɒk/ UK
- /sɑk/ US
Sounds like sock
Where it comes from
From Middle English soke, sok, soc, from Old English sōcn. More at soke.
noun
-
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.
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.
Similar: soke
- An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
Soc⁴
noun Socs
- Alternative spelling of soc (“upper class youth”).
SOC⁵
noun SOCs · SoC
- Initialism of system on a chip
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Initialism of special operations command
Similar: SOCOM
- Initialism of separation of concerns
- Initialism of standard outcue
- Abbreviation of state of charge
- Initialism of standard of care
- Initialism of schedule of charges
proper noun SoC
- Initialism of System and Organization Controls
- Initialism of standard obstacle course
SoC⁶
noun SoCs
- Alternative form of SOC
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: society, certification, attestation, socialist, tco, linnean, adle, electrical, alde, ssp, fos, ctp, ppe, ldr, hv, wdm
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