: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs
civic duty
civic pride
civic leaders
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.
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The Founding Fathers built a political and civic architecture based on pluralism, the first of its kind in human history.
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Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Here’s hoping McCourt gives us a path of some kind — whether the city approves the gondola or not — because a pretty walk generations can enjoy would be a prettier civic legacy than driving a team into bankruptcy.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
But moving away from steel proved far too difficult for regional civic and business leaders, as the region was almost entirely dependent on steel production and related industries.
—Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
In Alaska, with its enormous distances and isolated population centers sometimes linked only by air, the state's 10-day grace period is a civic lifeline to some communities.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Here’s hoping McCourt gives us a path of some kind — whether the city approves the gondola or not — because a pretty walk generations can enjoy would be a prettier civic legacy than driving a team into bankruptcy.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
But moving away from steel proved far too difficult for regional civic and business leaders, as the region was almost entirely dependent on steel production and related industries.
—Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
In Alaska, with its enormous distances and isolated population centers sometimes linked only by air, the state's 10-day grace period is a civic lifeline to some communities.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsiv-ik 
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, or citizenship
civic pride
civic duty
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civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsi-vik
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or civil affairs
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