Civilization and Improvement

Civilization

Civilization noun - The way people live at a particular time and place.

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Improvement and civilization are semantically related In some cases you can use "Improvement" instead a noun "Civilization".

Nearby Words: civil, civilized, civility, civilised, civilize

Improvement noun - An instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill.

Usage example: there's been a great improvement in your handwriting—I can actually read it!

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Civilization and improvement are semantically related in bettering topic. Sometimes you can use "Civilization" instead a noun "Improvement".

human	human civilization	human improvement
future	future civilization	future improvement
actual	actual civilization	actual improvement
great	great civilization	great improvement
Other adjectives: little, tiny, main, spiritual, new, major, technological.

Civilization: Beyond Earth: Siege Worms are big enough that, even without confronting them (which is a terrible idea most of the time), they'll completely wreck any tile improvement with just their wormsign.

Source: Wormsign
Civilization V makes them the Unique Tile Improvement for the Polynesians, which can only be built on the coastline.

Source: Eenie, Meenie, Miny Moai
In Civilization IV, the Great Wall improvement prevents barbarians from landing on the entire continent it is built on.

Source: The Great Wall

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