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ci ty ha ll (city halls ) also City Hall N‑COUNT ; N‑PROPER The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices. □  They massed in front of the city hall. □  …at Sheffield City Hall.

ci ty sli ck|er (city slickers ) N‑COUNT If you refer to someone as a city slicker , you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life. [INFORMAL ] □  …the city slickers in the capital.

civ|ic /s I v I k/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] You use civic to describe people or things that have an official status in a town or city. □  …the businessmen and civic leaders of Manchester.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] You use civic to describe the duties or feelings that people have because they belong to a particular community. □  …a sense of civic pride.

civ|ics /s I v I ks/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Civics is the study of the rights and duties of the citizens of a society. [mainly AM ] □  …my high-school civics class.

civ|il ◆◆◇ /s I v ^ə l/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it. □  …civil unrest.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You use civil to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces. □  …the U.S. civil aviation industry.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion. □  They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice. □  …Jewish civil and religious law.

4 ADJ [ADJ n] You use civil to describe the rights that people have within a society. □  …a United Nations covenant on civil and political rights.

5 ADJ Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to ] As visitors, the least we can do is be civil to the people in their own land. ●  civ|il|ly ADV □  The man nodded civilly to Sharpe, then consulted a notebook. ●  ci|vil|ity /s I v I l I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ to ] …civility to underlings.

ci v|il de|fe nce in AM, use civil defense N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Civil defence is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces, medical services, or police force, for example if the country is attacked by an enemy. □  …a civil defence exercise.

ci v|il dis|obe di|ence N‑UNCOUNT Civil disobedience is the refusal by ordinary people in a country to obey laws or pay taxes, usually as a protest. □  The opposition threatened a campaign of civil disobedience.

ci v|il en|gi|nee r (civil engineers ) N‑COUNT A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.

ci v|il en|gi|nee r|ing N‑UNCOUNT Civil engineering is the planning, design, and building of roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings. □  London's sewerage network was the biggest civil engineering project in the world at the time.

ci|vil|ian ◆◇◇ /s I v I liən/ (civilians )

1 N‑COUNT In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces. □  The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] In a military situation, civilian is used to describe people or things that are not military. □  …the country's civilian population. □  …civilian casualties. □  …a soldier in civilian clothes.

civi|li|sa|tion /s I v I la I ze I ʃ ^ə n/ → see civilization

civi|lise /s I v I la I z/ → see civilize

civi|lised /s I v I la I zd/ → see civilized

ci|vil|ity /s I v I l I ti/ → see civil