transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪv(ə)l ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
...civil unrest.
ADJ : ADJ n
2.
You use civil to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces.
...the US civil aviation industry.
≠ military
ADJ : usu ADJ n
3.
You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion.
They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
...Jewish civil and religious law.
≠ religious
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
You use civil to describe the rights that people have within a society.
...a United Nations covenant on civil and political rights.
ADJ : ADJ n
5.
Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly. ( FORMAL )
As visitors, the least we can do is be civil to the people in their own land.
= polite
ADJ
• civ‧il‧ly
The man nodded civilly to Sharpe, then consulted a notebook.
ADV
• ci‧vil‧ity
...civility to underlings.
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