civic

civic
UK [ˈsɪvɪk] / US adjective [only before noun]
a) relating to a town or city, especially to its government and public activities

Civic leaders are delighted at the decision to hold the national competition in Atlanta.

b) relating to the people who live in a town or city or the duties and responsibilities that they have as citizens

The study showed that most teens felt little sense of civic pride or responsibility.


English dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?
Synonyms:
(as distinguished from military), ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • Civic — can refer to multiple things: Civics, the science of comparative government Civic, Christchurch, a Category II heritage building in the Christchurch Central City Civic engagement, the connection one feels with their larger community Honda Civic,… …   Wikipedia

  • civic — civic, civil, civilian are not close synonyms but rather words whose meanings lend themselves to confusion. In a sense they have a common meaning: of, relating to, or characteristic of a citizen but in each case the word citizen has a specific or …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • civic — civ·ic / si vik/ adj: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or civil affairs Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. civic …   Law dictionary

  • civic — CÍVIC, Ă, civici, ce, adj. Care aparţine cetăţenilor, privitor la cetăţeni; cetăţenesc. – Din fr. civique, lat. civicus. Trimis de hai, 26.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  CÍVIC adj. v. cetăţenesc. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  c …   Dicționar Român

  • Civic — hat folgende Bedeutungen: ein Stadtteil der Hauptstadt Australiens, siehe Civic (Canberra) ein japanisches Automodell, siehe Honda Civic eine humanitäre Organisation, siehe Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) englischsprachiges Wort …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Civic — Civ ic, a. [L.civicus, fr. civis citizen. See {City}.] Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs. [1913 Webster] {Civic crown} (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • civic — 1540s, from L. civicus of a citizen, adj. derivation of civis townsman (see CITY (Cf. city)). Originally mostly in civic crown (L. corona civica), a chaplet of oak leaves awarded to one who saved the life of a fellow citizen in battle; sense of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • civic — [adj] community borough, civil, communal, local, metropolitan, municipal, national, public, urban; concepts 536,583 …   New thesaurus

  • civic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to a city or town. DERIVATIVES civically adverb. ORIGIN Latin civicus, from civis citizen …   English terms dictionary

  • civic — [siv′ik] adj. [L civicus, civil < civis: see HOME] of a city, citizens, or citizenship civically adv …   English World dictionary

  • Civic — Honda Civic Honda Civic Constructeur Honda Années de production 1972 – Châssis Carrosserie …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”