verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a civilized society
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A civilized society should treat its elderly members well.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
man
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Without a stable family order, in which adult men civilize the young men, terror necessarily rules.
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Madness has always been a favorite choice of the civilized man who prepares himself for a noble achievement.
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We need a different verbal umbrella to cover the private actions of civilized men and women.
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It is quite simply impossible to sustain a civilized society if the men are constantly disrupting it.
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He was an extraordinary man , one of the most civilized and cultured men I have ever met.
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Who could blame modern woman if she yearns for something more civilized than modern man ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a civilized hour
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Can't we have the meeting at a more civilized hour?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The Romans hoped to civilize all the tribes of Europe.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I wish he'd civilize his living arrangements.
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By the year gold was discovered, disease and the civilizing process had already reduced this number to some 100, 000.
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Queequeg is seen to be more delicate and civilized than most of the Christians that Ishmael has known.