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# civic

adjective (civic)

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

## Everyday

1. To do with a town or city and its official life, like a civic centre or civic building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#m1)
2. To do with being a citizen and the duties of people in a community, like voting or helping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in citizenship lessons (civic duty, civic pride) and in town life (civic centre, civic leaders). It tells the reader something belongs to or serves the community. Phrases: civic duty, civic pride, civic centre, civic leaders, civics (a school subject).

### Examples

- Voting is a civic duty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#x1)
- The concert is in the civic centre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#x2)
- The town showed great civic pride after the cleanup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#x3)
- Picking up litter is a small civic act. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#x4)
- The mayor and other civic leaders opened the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#x5)
- In civics class we learned how laws are made. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#x6)
- The museum is a civic building, owned by the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civic/#x7)

### Note

Goes before a noun. "Civics" is the study of citizenship (a school subject, mainly US). Related: city, citizen, civil. Not the same as civil (polite; or not military).

## On Mova

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