citizenshipcit‧i‧zen‧ship /ˈsɪtəzənʃɪp/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
I have applied for French citizenship. McGuirk holds dual citizenship (=the legal right of being a citizen in two countries) in Ireland and the US.2the ways in which a good citizen behaves, for example being responsible and helping their community: The schools should be responsible for teaching our children good citizenship.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- After five years in the US, foreign nationals can apply for full US citizenship.
- I believe Scout groups help teach good citizenship.
- Krebs was granted French citizenship in 1992.
- Active citizenship, in the form of participatory democracy, is only possible in small communities where there is no organisational complexity.
- Anything less would be second-class citizenship in the world of intercollegiate sports.
- I will give him citizenship if he asks.
- Many bureaucrats have not been welcoming, illegally charging for forms that the newcomers have to complete to obtain citizenship.
- The child must learn how to learn, for learning is the defining pre-requisite of modern citizenship.
- The electronic republic, therefore, has already started to redefine the traditional roles of citizenship and political leadership.
- Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution.
Longman Language Activatorthe legal right to live in a particular country
· The application form asks you to state your name, age, and nationality.French/German/British etc nationality · Despite being born in Germany, these children do not have an automatic right to German nationality.dual nationality (=nationality of two countries) · Jeanne has dual nationality because her mother is French and her father is English.nationality of · The nationalities of the plane crash victims have not yet been released.
the legal right to live in a country, use this especially when this right is given to someone who comes from another country: · After five years in the US, foreign nationals can apply for full US citizenship.grant somebody citizenship (=officially give someone citizenship): · Krebs was granted French citizenship in 1992.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I have applied for French citizenship. McGuirk holds dual citizenship (=the legal right of being a citizen in two countries) in Ireland and the US. The schools should be responsible for teaching our children good citizenship.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She has dual nationality, of Canada and Britain (=she is a citizen of Canada and Britain).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1the legal right of belonging to a particular countryFrench/US/Brazilian etc citizenship I have applied for French citizenship. McGuirk holds dual citizenship (=the legal right of being a citizen in two countries) in Ireland and the US. The schools should be responsible for teaching our children good citizenship. She has dual nationality, of Canada and Britain (=she is a citizen of Canada and Britain).· Participatory democracy does need to be strengthened to promote active citizenship at local and national levels.· In the schools we are observing such a transition to active citizenship is facilitated in a number of ways.· Public institutions need to be democratised and decentralisation is necessary in the public domain in order to achieve active citizenship.· Almost inadvertently, through such activity, structures emerged which promoted active citizenship through community education and development initiatives.· Many feel political participation must be made worthwhile before active citizenship can occur.· This centre will examine the non-economic benefits of learning such as social cohesion, active citizenship and improved health.· General will should ensure the equality and liberty necessary for active citizenship -; taking collective decisions.· Political disobedience is sanctioned as a possible expression of active citizenship on which a self-managing democracy is based.
· Mr Kohl himself has floated the idea of offering dual citizenship on a trial basis.· Some of the athletes in this international potpourri, like Kaila, McGuirk and Thomson, hold dual citizenship.· However, dual citizenship would not be allowed.· Why, Fox is so diverse that he even has dual citizenship -- neither of them in the United States.
· Accompanying the exclusion from the labour market has been a policy of disenfranchising the underclass from full welfare citizenship.· Better-fed and better-educated children had grown into young adults who could move confidently into full citizenship.· Nor will this underclass disappear without the implementation of a series of policies aimed at re-establishing full citizenship.
· She said that this pioneering reference library was good for democracy and good for citizenship.· Boxing is a means toward good citizenship, of fair play, of self-reliance.· What do teachers think makes good citizenship education?· Work Ethics Schools need to emphasize and demand basic work ethics and good citizenship from students.· It is the very foundation of good citizenship.· These are also the characteristics of good citizenship, and they should be emphasized in the teaching of all subjects.· No zealous advocate of good citizenship would argue that political participation ought to be pursued to the neglect of all other obligations.
· As we have seen, the civil and political elements of citizenship have been eroded in recent years.· Avoiding the poll tax will be costly in terms of universal political citizenship.
· As Desmond King has argued, ultimately ideological and institutional support are the best protectors of social citizenship rights.
NOUN· Nor has it dealt with the question of a new citizenship law, though the Solingen atrocity has revived debate about this.· The Social Democrats once said that a new citizenship law should accompany any restriction of the right to asylum.· Under Western pressure the language and citizenship laws have been liberalized.
VERB· Present immigrants would stay and gradually acquire citizenship once fully integrated.
· Ironically, it was the fear of congressional action against noncitizens that had finally motivated him to apply for citizenship.· He told his Intourist guide, a young woman named Rimma, that he wanted to apply for Soviet citizenship.· The welfare cutoff is prompting record numbers of people to apply for citizenship.· A.. After five years of residency, an individual may apply for citizenship for a $ 95 fee.
· Indeed, many Czech Roma were denied citizenship of the new republic under the 1993 Citizenship Law.
· Sometimes he talked of marrying Gina in the sixties to give her citizenship.· I will give him citizenship if he asks.· The case dragged through the federal bureaucracy for seven years, before she finally gave up her citizenship voluntarily in 1971.
· The existing law stated that only those who had been granted citizenship would be enfranchised.
· Their leader, Thorez, had deserted from the army and been stripped of his citizenship in 1939.
I have applied for French citizenship. McGuirk holds dual citizenship (=the legal right of being a citizen in two countries) in Ireland and the US.2the ways in which a good citizen behaves, for example being responsible and helping their community: The schools should be responsible for teaching our children good citizenship.