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Social activities clubs are a modern combination of several types of clubs and reflect today's more eclectic and varied society. These clubs are centered on the activities available to the club members in the city or area in which the club is located. Some have a traditional clubhouse, bar or restaurant where members gather, while others do not.
The oldest English clubs were merely informal periodic gatherings of friends for the purpose of dining or drinking with one another. Thomas Occleve (in the time of Henry IV) mentions such a club called La Court de Bonne Compagnie (the Court of Good Company), of which he was a member.
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
This is based on the premise that the organization of society is a reflection of its cultural, historical, social, political and economic processes which therefore govern interaction. Collectivist social organization sometimes refers to developing countries that bypass formal institutions and rather rely on informal institutions to uphold ...
It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge. Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milan is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...
Club good, a type of artificially scarce good amenable to economic analysis; Club (anatomy), a body part near the tail of some dinosaurs and mammals; Club (sport), a team, a squad, a sport society that competes in sport competitions; IClub48, an Indonesian variety show.club, a generic top level Internet domain; Mega Club, a derivative of the ...
Academic student activities refer to clubs and programs specifically focused on helping a student in the academic sense. These can be major-based, area of study-based clubs, or programs and events designed to educate students in any scholarly subject matter. Some examples of academic student activities include: Accounting Society; Language Clubs
Society, a group of Christians similar to a church (congregation) Society ball, a type of formal dance party; Society Islands, a group of islands in French Polynesia; Society of apostolic life, a group within the Catholic Church; Student society, a student club; The Vegan Society, a charity dedicated to veganism