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US
/ˈkəɫtʃɝ/
]
[ UK /kˈʌltʃɐ/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌltʃɐ/ ]
NOUN
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the raising of plants or animals
the culture of oysters -
(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
the culture of cells in a Petri dish -
a particular society at a particular time and place
early Mayan civilization -
the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
the developing drug culture
the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture - the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- all the knowledge and values shared by a society
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a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art
they performed with great polish
I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose
VERB
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grow in a special preparation
the biologist grows microorganisms
How To Use culture In A Sentence
- Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development. Daoud Kuttab: Jordanian Candidate Uses Debate to Call for Curtailing King's Powers
- Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.
- But as I was mulling this a little later, I was suddenly struck by one of those things that was probably already obvious to everyone else: There are a handful of strange inflection points where rock nerd culture and mass culture are in eerie synchrony for a few moments before skittering off in their respective ways for a bit — and one of them was my early teens. The (Rock) Stars Are Aligned
- Not sure if it's something that adults will really like since it's kind of angsty and makes a lot of pop culture references. Peter Sollett to Direct Marvel’s Runaways? | /Film
- The Danish Dairy Board and the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries supported this study.
- The Oni character is a deep-rooted aspect of Japanese culture.
- In other cultures he might be described as effeminate and, therefore, be an object of derision. The Kaisho
- The result was something of a culture clash. Times, Sunday Times
- In Chinas modernization drive, the misunderstanding on "Middlebrow" is not beneficial to the understanding and the promotion of the core ideology of Chinas traditional culture.
- This type of power - a culture that radiates outward and a market that draws inward - rests on pull, not on push; on acceptance, not on imposition.