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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Subro, a Madurese member of Nahdlatul Ulama, a huge and moderate Muslim civic group, fled pogroms elsewhere in West Kalimantan in 1999.
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Since 1988, the grants have supported projects and organizations that focus on senior services, youth activities, recreation, the arts, educational enhancement, civic enhancement and community protection.
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Here’s a sampling of where other efforts to reclaim urban rivers for swimming stand: ___ PORTLAND, OREGON The city partnered with a local civic group to entice residents to take a dip in the Willamette River this summer.
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Stricter rules also have been adopted for civic groups, which get more than around $26,600 from abroad.
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In 2016, Green carried out his experiments again, teaming up with Civic Nation, a nonpartisan nonprofit that works on encouraging civic engagement.
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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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Origin and Etymology of civic
Latin civicus, from civis citizen — more at city
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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
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: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or civil affairs
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