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{
"term": "civil",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the people who live in a country",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**civil unrest** *(= that is caused by groups of people within a country)*"
},
{
"text": "civil strife/conflict"
},
{
"text": "There were concerns that the economic reforms might lead to civil unrest."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with the state rather than with religion or with the armed forces",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the recognition of **civil unions** for same-sex couples"
},
{
"text": "They were married in a civil ceremony."
},
{
"text": "**civil aviation**"
},
{
"text": "We have called in the army to assist the civil authorities in rescue operations."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "involving personal legal matters and not criminal law",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a civil court"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "polite in a formal way but possibly not friendly",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The less time I have to spend being civil to him the better!"
},
{
"text": "He said that the police were perfectly civil in their questioning."
},
{
"text": "I don't want her around if she can't behave in a civil manner to me."
},
{
"text": "The teachers were all perfectly civil to me."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪvl/",
"audio": "ci/civil/civil__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪvl/",
"audio": "ci/civil/civil__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin civilis, from civis ‘citizen’."
}