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US
/ˈkəɫtʃɝ/
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[ 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
- Mass culture is supposedly a leveler and globalizer - by definition, we all share mass cultural references.
- 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
- The Danish Dairy Board and the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries supported this study.
- 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.
- 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
- All Slavic languages, to a greater or lesser degree, have developed from contact with the Urnfield culture.
- Some archaeologists have been championing the culture of pre-Roman Britain for some time and the Shropshire road may confirm that traders were bringing back continental innovations to add to existing native achievements in art and engineering. Letters: Native culture of pre-Roman Britain
- Here, human or mouse embryonic stem cells, in vitro representatives of the totipotent inner cell mass blastomeres, are placed into culture.
- Its political culture, once fiercely democratic, is being eroded by a manipulated, bureaucratic legalism that identifies dissent as disloyalty.
- True, Olbermann and Patrick would also make plenty of references to pop culture, but the references came across as charmingly haughty, as if the anchormen were showing us that they had interests that extended beyond the court or field. The Enthusiast
