civic

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US /ˈsɪvɪk/
adj name Freq #13634

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or relating or belonging to a city

    civic center

  2. 2
    adj

    Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

    Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.

  3. 3
    adj

    Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

    civic duty

  4. 4
    adj

    of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals

  5. 5
    name

    A central business district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

Thesaurus

Synonyms
4 adj · of or relating to or... civil
Word family
Derived forms anticiviccivic-mindedcivicallycivicismcivicizecivicscivnatextracivicintercivic
Related forms civil

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