{
    "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’."
}