word-vault/dist/data/cards/ci/civic.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "civic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "officially connected with a town or city",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**civic buildings/leaders**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with the people who live in a town or city",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sense of **civic pride** *(= pride that people feel for their town or city)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**civic duties/responsibilities**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The competition would be an opportunity to foster civic pride."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Voting should be a matter of civic duty."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪvɪk/",
                "audio": "ci/civic/civic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪvɪk/",
                "audio": "ci/civic/civic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from French civique or Latin civicus, from civis ‘citizen’. The original use was in civic garland, crown, etc., translating Latin corona civica, denoting a garland of oak leaves and acorns given in ancient Rome to a person who saved a fellow citizen's life."
}