civilizeverb [ T ]
UK usually civilise uk/ˈsɪv.əl.aɪz/us/ˈsɪv.əl.aɪz/to educate a society so that its culture becomes more developed:
The Romans set out to civilize the Ancient Britons.
to improve someone's behaviour:
I like to think I had a civilizing effect on my younger brothers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- didactic
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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