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# civilised

adjective (more civilised, most civilised) (British spelling of civilized)

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

## Everyday

Living in an organised society with laws, good manners, towns and government, not wild or rough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilised/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, people become more civilised as they gain kings, queens and cities

### Examples

- Many countries are civilised and have schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilised/#x1)
- As people grew more civilised, they had kings and queens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilised/#x2)
- Good manners are part of being civilised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilised/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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