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# citizenship

noun (citizenship, uncountable; also a school subject)

«citizenship» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Citizenship is being a legal member of a country, with its rights and duties: «British citizenship». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#m1)
2. Citizenship is how a good member of a community behaves: helping others, voting, obeying laws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#m2)
3. Citizenship is a school subject about laws, rights, democracy and community. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school, citizenship lessons teach about voting, laws, rights, and helping the community. In news, people apply for citizenship of a new country and take a test. Phrases: dual citizenship, good citizenship, apply for citizenship.

### Examples

- She was given Canadian citizenship last year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#x1)
- In citizenship we learned how laws are made. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#x2)
- Picking up litter shows good citizenship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#x3)
- Some people have dual citizenship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#x4)
- You need citizenship to vote in this country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#x5)
- We wrote about citizenship and kindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. A «citizen» is the person; «citizenship» is the status or behaviour. Spelling: citizen + ship.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «citizenship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citizenship/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«citizenship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/citizenship.html) on Mova free.