Civilised is an English word with synonyms like civilized or humane. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Civilised meaning
simple past and past participle of civilise
Synonyms of Civilised
Using Civilised
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of civilise
- Useful related words include: civilized, humane, refined, genteel.
- In the example corpus, civilised often appears in combinations such as: the civilised, and civilised, civilised society.
Context around Civilised
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Civilised
- In this selection, "civilised" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, offers, extremely, too, world, societies and country stand out and add context to how "civilised" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more civilised age and an extremely civilised thoroughly relaxed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "civilised" sits close to words such as accented, allin and anadolu, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with civilised
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Civilised societies should abandon it. (5 words)
A brilliant insight into a more civilised age. (8 words)
And amid the indifference of all “civilised nations”. (8 words)
The club said that it was "not healthy for Annamalai to spread lies about the work of a journalist," and said that instead of touching upon the rights and feelings of journalists, "it is better he practices to deal the journalists in a civilised manner". (45 words)
I wouldn’t be entirely comfortable mowing rutted paddocks and the like with it - it’s a bit too civilised for that - but give it a substantial lawn and it’ll be in its happy place. (36 words)
At least seven bodies so far have said they would boycott the pilot and the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association slammed the proposals, saying: “No other civilised country dispenses with juries in such cases. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
At least seven bodies so far have said they would boycott the pilot and the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association slammed the proposals, saying: “No other civilised country dispenses with juries in such cases.
Civilised societies don’t work that way,” he said.
Civilised societies should abandon it.
For example, the Pitcher and Piano offers civilised cocktails with a view on the Quayside, where the Crown Posada offers the cosiness of a traditional boozer in the heart of the city.
If the UN fail to support what is right and civilised then it is a useless organisation.
In a similar way, we can judge how civilised a society is by the way it treats asylum seekers and refugees.
On the theme, he said it outlines the hopes of Malaysians for a progressive and civilised nation.
Out of it has emerged an extremely civilised, thoroughly relaxed space.
The club said that it was "not healthy for Annamalai to spread lies about the work of a journalist," and said that instead of touching upon the rights and feelings of journalists, "it is better he practices to deal the journalists in a civilised manner".
The group, therefore, urged the international community to consider revoking visas of such political leaders and deny them entry to the civilised world.
The rich cream was absorbed quickly, leaving my skin soft, and the combination of the scent and the breathing started my day in a far more civilised way than usual.
We’re reasonably educated and civilised enough to know what goes on around there.
What took place in Imo state last Wednesday, where peaceful protesters were brutally attacked is the worst that can happen under a civilised administration.
You can swank it up with some champers, or keep it civilised with lashings of freshly brewed tea.
A brilliant insight into a more civilised age.
And amid the indifference of all “civilised nations”.
In court, Mr Marks said that Mr Vince “has sought to make this a civilised disengagement”, adding it was a “tragedy that they are here”.
In its most toxic form, anti-Zionism has become a vector for the glorification of Hamas, a terrorist organisation recognised as such by the civilised world.
I wouldn’t be entirely comfortable mowing rutted paddocks and the like with it - it’s a bit too civilised for that - but give it a substantial lawn and it’ll be in its happy place.
John Knox, the old stone warrior standing in the quadrangle, right arm aloft, drove the notion of universal centuries before it became the norm in the civilised world.
Common combinations with civilised
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the civilised 10×
- and civilised 8×
- civilised society 8×
- civilised world 8×
- more civilised 8×
- in civilised 6×
- civilised and 6×
- civilised country 4×
- of civilised 4×
- civilised way 3×