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civilise definition

civilise


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  civilise 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  civilise 
 
  Sense  1 
  educate,  school,  train,  cultivate,  civilize,  civilise 
  =>  sophisticate 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  civilise 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  civilise 
 
  Sense  1 
  educate,  school,  train,  cultivate,  civilize,  civilise 
  =>  sophisticate 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  civilise 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  civilise 
 
  2  senses  of  civilise 
 
  Sense  1 
  educate,  school,  train,  cultivate,  civilize,  civilise 
  =>  polish,  refine,  fine-tune,  down 
 
  Sense  2 
  civilize,  civilise,  modernize,  modernise,  develop 
  =>  change,  alter 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  civilise 
 
  civilise  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  civilise 
 
  Sense  1 
  educate,  school,  train,  cultivate,  civilize,  civilise 
  =>  polish,  refine,  fine-tune,  down 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  civilize,  civilise,  modernize,  modernise,  develop 
  =>  change,  alter 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  civilise 
 
  The  verb  civilise  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  educate,  school,  train,  cultivate,  civilize,  civilise  --  (train  to  be  discriminative;  as  of  taste  or  judgment;  "Cultivate  your  musical  taste";  "Train  your  tastebuds";  "She  is  well  schooled  in  poetry") 
  2.  civilize,  civilise,  modernize,  modernise,  develop  --  (make  a  country  technologically  advanced;  "Many  countries  in  Asia  are  now  developing  at  a  very  fast  pace";  "Viet  Nam  is  modernizing  rapidly") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  civilise 
  civilised 
 
  Overview  of  verb  civilise 
 
  The  verb  civilise  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  educate,  school,  train,  cultivate,  civilize,  civilise  --  (train  to  be  discriminative;  as  of  taste  or  judgment;  "Cultivate  your  musical  taste";  "Train  your  tastebuds";  "She  is  well  schooled  in  poetry") 
  2.  civilize,  civilise,  modernize,  modernise,  develop  --  (make  a  country  technologically  advanced;  "Many  countries  in  Asia  are  now  developing  at  a  very  fast  pace";  "Viet  Nam  is  modernizing  rapidly") 



civilise definition