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[ siv-ik ] / ˈsɪv ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR civic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to a city; municipal: civic problems. of or relating to citizenship; civil: civic duties. of citizens: civic pride. Origin of civic1535–45; <Latin cīvicus, equivalent to cīv(is) citizen + -icus-ic OTHER WORDS FROM civicciv·i·cal·ly, adverban·ti·civ·ic, adjectivein·ter·civ·ic, adjectivepro·civ·ic, adjective un·civ·ic, adjective Words nearby civicCiudad Trujillo, Ciudad Victoria, Civ., civet, civet cat, civic, civic center, civic centre, civic-minded, civics, civic university Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for civicInstead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience. Why We Stand With Charlie Hebdo—And You Should Too|John Avlon|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST Vlad Burlutskiy is a civic and political activist from Russia who fled the country last year due to increasing threats. Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Moral clarity would dictate that civil-rights and other civic leaders would speak out against such a senseless act of violence. It’s Time to Hold Protesters Accountable|Ron Christie|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now that giving thanks to God no longer plays a prominent role in American civic life, Whom or What do we thank on Thanksgiving? Up to a Point: Thanks to the Biggest Turkey, Uncle Sam|P. J. O’Rourke|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such is the difference between life in the civic textbooks and life in tea-party America. The GOP Could Make Obama Kill Obamacare|Michael Tomasky|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST During all these days of civic anarchy the English troops were steadily advancing to their goal. The Story of Rouen|Sir Theodore Andrea Cook Both parties began arming, and on September 24 civic warfare began. The Story of Prague|Count Francis Ltzow Civic dissolution or civic perpetuity—this was the immediate, the unrelieved, the ominous alternative. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;|Clark S. Beardslee By this time the gate and prison must have passed under the control of the civic authorities. The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2|Arthur Griffiths Grand national confederation of France, at Paris, in the field of Mars, when the civic oath was administered. The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
British Dictionary definitions for civic
adjectiveof or relating to a city, citizens, or citizenshipcivic duties Derived forms of civiccivically, adverbWord Origin for civicC16: from Latin cīvicus, from cīvis citizen Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to civiccivil, urban, national, communal, borough, local, metropolitan, municipal, public |