You use civic to describe people or things that have an official status in a town or city.
...the local politicians and civic leaders of Manchester.
...Bromley Civic Centre.
Synonyms: public, community, borough, municipal More Synonyms of civic
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use civic to describe the duties or feelings that people have because they belong to a particular community.
...a sense of civic pride.
civic in British English
(ˈsɪvɪk)
adjective
of or relating to a city, citizens, or citizenship
civic duties
Derived forms
civically (ˈcivically)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Latin cīvicus, from cīvis citizen
civic in American English
(ˈsɪvɪk)
adjective
of a city, citizens, or citizenship
Derived forms
civically (ˈcivically)
adverb
Word origin
L civicus, civil < civis: see home
Examples of 'civic' in a sentence
civic
Not a mural or stained glass window in any civic building.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Your sense of civic duty is admirable.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is a whole new area for civic pride.
The Sun (2009)
Civic leaders are now looking for a more diverse economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is not a necessary civic building.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The ballot is the primary symbol of civic duty.
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
There is also one small ray of warm civic pride.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It apparently had been practiced only as a civic duty.
Christianity Today (2000)
He had a laudable sense of civic duty and right and wrong.
The Sun (2013)
You might not expect a civic leader to enjoy a disaster film that shows the city he runs being destroyed.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Talks centred on how to improve the environments for city dwellers and how civic leaders can engage better with local citizens.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They expressed civic and national pride.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet its civic leaders were insecure.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Civic leaders should let it go.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To call on people to make it their civic duty to give back payments when fuel poverty is so rife is great.
The Sun (2011)
It couldn't be more at odds with the broad civic buildings on the north bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was pride: civic and national.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Friends say that he sees the job as reward enough, and as a civic duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
By next summer, civic pride should be restored.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
London's civic leaders placed a guard on the poor old cross.
Diane Purkiss The English Civil War: A People's History (2006)
Impressive buildings, quiet civic pride, modest and friendly feel.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's a proud new civic building, at a time when very few of those are being built.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
New British civic buildings with the architectural panache that continental Europeans take for granted have proved depressingly elusive for a generation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
civic
British English: civic ADJECTIVE
You use civic to describe people or things that have an official status in a town or city.
...the businessmen and civic leaders of the city.
American English: civic
Brazilian Portuguese: cívico
Chinese: 市政的
European Spanish: municipal
French: municipal
German: städtisch
Italian: civico
Japanese: 市の
Korean: 시민의
European Portuguese: cívico
Latin American Spanish: municipal
All related terms of 'civic'
civic hall
a public venue , often used for recreational facilities such as sports clubs or music concerts
civic pride
Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good.
Civic Trust
a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces , and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
civic center
a building complex housing a theater or theaters for the performing arts and sometimes exhibition halls , a museum , etc., and usually constructed or maintained by municipal funds
civic centre
the public buildings of a town, including recreational facilities and offices of local administration
civic-minded
having, showing , or actively carrying out one's concern for the condition and affairs of one's community ; public-spirited
civic society
an organization founded to promote the interests of a local community
civic university
(in Britain) a university originally instituted as a higher education college serving a particular city
Chinese translation of 'civic'
civic
(ˈsɪvɪk)
adj
[leader, authorities]城市的 (chéngshì de)
[duties, pride]公民的 (gōngmín de)
(adjective)
Definition
of a city or citizens
the civic leaders of Manchester
Synonyms
public
a substantial part of public spending
community
borough
municipal
the municipal library
communal
The inmates ate in a communal dining room.
urban
Most urban areas are close to a park.
local
We try to support the local shops.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of communal
Definition
of a commune
The inmates ate in a communal dining room.
Synonyms
public,
shared,
general,
joint,
collective,
communistic
in the sense of local
Definition
of or concerning a particular area
We try to support the local shops.
Synonyms
nearby,
close,
community,
near,
neighbouring
in the sense of municipal
Definition
of or relating to a town or city or its local government