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civic

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civ·ic  (svk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

[Latin cvicus, from cvis, citizen; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots.]

civi·cal·ly adv.

civic [ˈsɪvɪk]
adj
(Social Science / Human Geography) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to a city, citizens, or citizenship civic duties
[from Latin cīvicus, from cīvis citizen]
civically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.civic - of or relating or belonging to a city; "civic center"; "civic problems"
2.civic - of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"

civic
adjective public, community, borough, municipal, communal, local the businessmen and civic leaders of Manchester
Translations
civic [ˈsɪvɪk]
A. ADJ [rights, duty] → cívico; [authorities] → municipal
B. CPD civic centre N (Brit) → conjunto m de edificios municipales
see also pride A1

civic [ˈsɪvɪk] adj
[responsibility] → civique; [pride] → civique
[group] → municipal(e)
civic leader → notable m
civic centre n (British)salle pour la vie administrative et culturelle de la commune)f municipale >

civic
adj rights, virtuesbürgerlich, Bürger-; duties, responsibilitiesals Bürger; guard, authoritiesStadt-, städtisch; event, receptionder Stadt

civic [ˈsɪvɪk] adjcivico/a
civic [ˈsɪvɪk] adjcivico/a

civic
adj civic [ˈsivik]
of or belonging to a city or citizen Our offices are in the new civic centre; civic duties. burgerlike, burgeragtig مَدَني، مَديني градски městský, občanský by-; officiel; administrations- städtisch, bürgerlich... αστικός municipal, cívico linna-, kodaniku- شهری kaupungin-, kunnallinen civique אֶזרָחִי, עִרוֹנִי @@@עִירוֹנִי$$$ नागरिक građanski polgári; városi bersifat kotapraja borgaralegur civico, civile 市民の 시민의 miesto, miestiečių, pilietinis, piliečių pilsētas-; pilsoņu- sivik burger-, stads- by-, kommune-; borger- miejski, obywatelski, administracyjny cívico civic городской; гражданский občiansky mesten; državljanski gradski medborgerlig, kommunal ที่เกี่ยวกับเมือง şehre ait, kentsel 城市的,市民的 міський شہری thuộc đô thị; thuộc công dân


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Also, he was possessed of no more personal or civic conscience than Napoleon.
In the case of oratory, this is the function of the Political art and of the art of rhetoric: and so indeed the older poets make their characters speak the language of civic life; the poets of our time, the language of the rhetoricians.
After leaving behind him the civic Tournelle* and the criminal tower, and skirted the great walls of the king's garden, on that unpaved strand where the mud reached to his ankles, he reached the western point of the city, and considered for some time the islet of the Passeur-aux-Vaches, which has disappeared beneath the bronze horse of the Pont Neuf.
 
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