culture

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

cultures

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

culture

past (v2)

cultured

past participle (v3)

cultured

present participle

culturing

3rd person singular

cultures

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.

   • Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.

2. 2.The beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.

3. 3.The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.

   • Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations, culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.

4. 4.Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)

2. 2.to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)

Overall

Common· #706

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Common

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• civilization

Word family

• cultural