civilizationnoun
UK usually civilisation uk/ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪv.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/civilization noun (DEVELOPED SOCIETY)
B2 [ C or U ] human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in time:
Some people think that nuclear war would mean the end of civilization.
Cuzco was the centre of one of the world's most famous civilizations, that of the Incas.
C1 [ U ] mainly humorous a place that has comfortable living conditions:
How does it feel to be back in civilization after all those weeks in a tent?
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- We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Greek civilization.
- I heard a radio programme recently all about the Aztec civilization in Central America.
- Historians still argue about what causes such a mighty civilization to collapse.
- I hated living in such an isolated place and longed to get back to civilization.
- Many different civilizations have left their mark on the country and its culture.
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Society - general words
- amenity
- civilized
- consumer society
- dystopia
- facility
- hunter-gatherer
- pluralism
- pluralist
- secularize
- social
- societal
- society
- socio-
- sociocultural
- sociolinguistic
- sociolinguistics
- sociology
- superstructure
- uncivilized
- utility
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Comfortable and uncomfortable
civilization noun (PROCESS)
[ U ] the process of educating a society so that its culture becomes more developed:
The civilization of Britain by the Romans took years to complete.
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Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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