civilization
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or…An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
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Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
the Aztec civilization
Western civilization
Zivilisation, Kultur
цивилиза́цияcivilizácija, культу́раkulʹtúra
цивіліза́ціяcyvilizácija
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
(uncountable)Human society, particularly civil society.
A hermit doesn't much care for civilization.
I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family.
Kultur
цивилиза́цияcivilizácija, культу́раkulʹtúra
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task.
Zivilisiertwerden
цивилиза́цияcivilizácija
(countable, uncountable)The state or quality of being civilized.
He was a man of great civilization.
цивилизо́ванностьcivilizóvannostʹ, культу́раkulʹtúra
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
Examples
179 sentencesDo you know how old human civilization is?
Oil has played an important part in the progress of civilization.
deÖl spielte eine wichtige Rolle in der Entwicklung der Zivilisation.
Though the Incas built up a great civilization, they had no system of writing.
Хоча Інки й створили велику цивилізацію, у них не було писемності.
deObwohl die Inkas eine große Zivilisation errichteten, hatten sie kein Schriftsystem.
Civilization is now threatened by nuclear war.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
ruЦивилизация - это неограниченное умножение неоправданных потребностей.
deZivilisation ist die unablässige Vermehrung unnötiger Notwendigkeiten.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.
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Forms
plural: civilizationsSynonyms
9 synonyms- a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations):civilisation
- the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization:civilisation
- the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste:refinementcivilisation
- a particular society at a particular time and place:culturecivilisation
Word family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable