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civic

Syllables: civ·ic/ˈsɪvɪk/

civic adjective: of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

Adjective

civic (comparative more civic, superlative most civic)

  1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
    • Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.
  2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.
    • civic duty

Proper noun capitalized: Civic

Civic

  1. A central business district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

civic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

civic in Hindi

Having to do with a city or the people who live there
नगरीय nagrīya

civic in Tamil

குடிமை சார்ந்த, நகரம் சார்ந்த, குடிசார்

civic in Urdu

شہری

civic in Bengali

নাগরিক, নগরীয়
More languagesFewer languages
civic in Malayalam
നാഗരികമായ, പൗരസംബന്ധമായ, നഗരത്തെയോ പൗരനേയോ സംബന്ധിച്ച, രാജഭരണം സംബന്ധിച്ച
civic in Kannada
ಹೊಳಲಿನ, ನಾಗರಿಕ, ಪಟ್ಟಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ಪೌರಯೋಗ್ಯ
civic in Persian
مدنی madani

Examples of civic in a sentence

  • The stupendousness of the parade was a source of civic pride.
  • In North Korea, keeping the neighborhood clean is a civic duty.
  • But the problem is that people of good-will have to exercise their participation in civic engagement.

All 40 example sentences with civic

Forms of civic

comparativemore civic
superlativemost civic

Origin of civic

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

Refers to the area's status as the civic centre.

Words formed from civic

Phrases with civic

Words that rhyme with civic

Questions about civic

What does civic mean?
Civic means of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
What is civic in Hindi?
Civic in Hindi is नगरीय (nagrīya). See Civic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is civic?
Civic can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce civic?
Civic is pronounced /ˈsɪvɪk/.

Words near civic in the dictionary

  1. civetlike
  2. civetone
  3. civets
  4. civey
  5. Civi
  6. civic
  7. civic center
  8. civic centers
  9. civic centre
  10. civic centres
  11. civic crown

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: civic (page history and authors); Civic (page history and authors); civic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); civic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); civic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); civic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); civic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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