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civil | civils |

As an adjective civil

is having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

As a noun civils is

civil engineering.

civil

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
    • She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people .
  • (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
    • It was very civil of him to stop the argument

    Antonyms

    (ant-top) * (l) (ant-mid) * (l) (ant-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    civils

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, informal) civil engineering
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=1999
    • , date=January 07 , author=Ken Welsby , title=Re: DLR Do , newsgroup=uk.transport.london citation , accessdate=2008-07-07 , passage=The work involves extensive civils and p/w since, the track has to drop from the present embankment level, some 5m above the adjacent road, to the floor level of the new tunnel [the 'cut & cover' section of which, is, I guess, about 10m below it. }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2002
    • , date=13 May , author=Ian G Batten , title=Re:Safety on the railways , newsgroup=uk.railway citation , accessdate=2008-07-07 , passage=Our [ISO] 9000 (etc) accreditation extends, so far as I am aware, to cabling, ducting, poling and other civils activities. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2003
    • , author=Franklin and Andrews (eds) , title=Spon's Railways Construction Price Book 2nd Edition , chapter=DC Electrification citation , isbn=ISBN:0415326230 , page=79 , passage=Conreate bases, ducts and minor civils […] bases fir structures, in situ concreate bases, inlcuding holding down bolts and fixings. }}

    Usage notes

    The word is normally plural in construction, and is mostly used in relation to the infrastructure of transport networks and projects, particularly the maintenance of existing structures or the design and construction of new projects.

    Anagrams

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