how to pronounce civilization

/ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzɛɪ.ʃən/

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civilization is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of civilization in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… would lead to civilization only they …”

meaning of civilization

Civilization is a society of people living in a particular place.

civilization frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word civilization occurs in english on average 7.2 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 civilization 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 civilization can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;