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Definition of civic
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs civic duty civic pride civic leaders
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Examples of civic in a Sentence
Recent improvements to the downtown area are a point of civic pride.
the library association and other civic groups
Voting is your civic duty.
Recent Examples of civic from the Web
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Race, violence and misunderstanding are part of Chicago's civic shame.
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For nearly two-thirds of her life, Fayman provided consistently generous support to numerous arts, civic and educational causes here, as well as to struggling and established artists alike.
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One in seven Louisvillians lives in an area of concentrated poverty, according to the Greater Louisville Project, a nonpartisan civic initiative.
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The civic complex could then be demolished and make way for two mixed-use developments - including a towering structure fronting Church Street.
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There’s something of a renaissance of civic engagement and political activism afoot, and it’s being led by women.
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The eight-month leadership effort builds programming around wellness, career advancement, education, civic engagement and social events as well as advance culinary work with field trips to New Orleans area restaurants and urban farms.
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By the 1490s, the bank was dead in the water, civic support had crumbled and the Medici were reliant on foreign whim.
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But projects like this remain rare, even as urbanists increasingly see urban highway removal as a key to improving civic life and reducing inequality.
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Origin and Etymology of civic
Latin civicus, from civis citizen — more at city
Other Government and Politics Terms
CIVIC Defined for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to a city or town or the people who live there
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: relating to citizenship or being a citizen
CIVIC Defined for Kids
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: of or relating to a citizen, a city, or citizenship civic pride civic duty
Law Dictionary
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: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or civil affairs
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