how to pronounce civilisation

/ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzɛɪ.ʃən/

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civilisation is pronounced in five syllables

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meanings of civilisation

noun:

Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand,and South Africa spelling of civilization.

civilisation frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word civilisation occurs in english on average 6.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics civilisation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that civilisation can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;