civic C1 Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈsɪvɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #13634 Meanings 1 adj Relating to a city or town and its public life. The new library is part of the civic centre. 2 adj Relating to the rights and duties of citizens. Voting is an important civic duty. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms anticiviccivic-mindedcivicallycivicismcivicizecivicscivnatextracivicintercivic Related forms civil Common collocations civic pride Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”). Topics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # civic **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsɪvɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 13634 ## Meanings 1. Relating to a city or town and its public life. 2. Relating to the rights and duties of citizens. ## Examples - The new library is part of the civic centre. - Voting is an important civic duty. ## Derived Forms - anticivic - civic-minded - civically - civicism - civicize - civics - civnat - extracivic - intercivic ## Related Forms - civil ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”). ## AI Etymology Civic is borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”). Current senses include relating to a city or town and its public life and relating to the rights and duties of citizens. The wider family includes derived forms such as anticivic, civic-minded, civically, civicism, and civicize and related words such as civil. ## Topics - Places & Geography - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown