culture
culture Lexical Profile
culture Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The customs, arts, social institutions, beliefs, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
"Studying a foreign language offers deep insights into another country's culture and traditions."
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively, or the refined appreciation of them.
"The city is renowned as a vibrant center of theater, music, and high culture."
The shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterize an institution, organization, or group.
"The new executive worked hard to foster a collaborative corporate culture based on transparency."
The cultivation of bacteria, tissue cells, or other microorganisms in an artificial nutrient medium for scientific or medical study, or the resulting growth itself.
"The physician ordered a throat culture to determine whether the infection was bacterial."
The cultivation or rearing of plants or animals, especially with a view to improvement or commercial production.
"The coastal region's economy relies heavily on oyster culture and sustainable forestry."
• verb
To maintain or grow tissue cells, bacteria, or other microorganisms in an artificial medium containing nutrients.
"Researchers cultured the stem cells in a sterile laboratory dish for several days."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French 'culture' and directly from Latin 'cultura' ('a cultivating, agriculture'), from the past participle stem of 'colere' ('to tend, guard, till, cultivate'). The figurative sense of cultivating the mind or manners emerged in the early 16th century, leading to the modern anthropological sense in the 19th century.