culture
pronunciation
How to pronounce culture in British English:
UK [ˈkʌltʃə(r)]
How to pronounce culture in American English:
US [ˈkʌltʃər]
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- Noun:
- a particular society at a particular time and place
- the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- all the knowledge and values shared by a society
- (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
- (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
- the raising of plants or animals
Word Origin
- culture (n.)
- mid-15c., "the tilling of land," from Middle French culture and directly from Latin cultura "a cultivating, agriculture," figuratively "care, culture, an honoring," from past participle stem of colere "tend, guard, cultivate, till" (see colony). The figurative sense of "cultivation through education" is first attested c. 1500. Meaning "the intellectual side of civilization" is from 1805; that of "collective customs and achievements of a people" is from 1867. For without culture or holiness, which are always the gift of a very few, a man may renounce wealth or any other external thing, but he cannot renounce hatred, envy, jealousy, revenge. Culture is the sanctity of the intellect. [William Butler Yeats] Slang culture vulture is from 1947. Culture shock first recorded 1940.
Synonym
advancement elevation training manners good erudition breeding gentility refinement courtliness development urbanity grace civility accomplishment enlightenment improvement attainment education cultivation polish
Example
- 1. Religion and culture are important factors .
- 2. The anasazi culture was stressed and erupted into warfare .
- 3. The starting point is a culture of human dendritic cells .
- 4. And culture can be changed .
- 5. It was a vendetta culture .