citizenship B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp/ UK /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/ See IPA manual Freq #15631 Meanings 1 noun The legal status of being a citizen of a particular country. After living in Canada for years, he finally applied for citizenship. 2 noun The way a person behaves as a member of a community, especially in helpful or responsible ways. She won an award for good citizenship at school. Thesaurus Word family Forms citizenships Common collocations good citizenship Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From citizen + -ship. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # citizenship **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/ **Frequency rank:** 15631 ## Meanings 1. The legal status of being a citizen of a particular country. 2. The way a person behaves as a member of a community, especially in helpful or responsible ways. ## Examples - After living in Canada for years, he finally applied for citizenship. - She won an award for good citizenship at school. ## Etymology From citizen + -ship. ## AI Etymology Citizenship is from citizen plus -ship. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, citizenship denotes the legal status of being a citizen of a particular country and the way a person behaves as a member of a community, especially in helpful or responsible ways. Typical contexts include “After living in Canada for years, he finally applied for citizenship” and “She won an award for good citizenship at school”. ## Topics - People & Society markdown