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Definition of culture
1 : cultivation, tillage We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. — Alexander Pope
2 : the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education
3 : expert care and training beauty culture
4a : enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic trainingb : acquaintance with and taste in fine arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational and technical skills a person of culture
5a : the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generationsb : the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time popular culture Southern culturec : the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization a corporate culture focused on the bottom lined : the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic studying the effect of computers on print culture Changing the culture of materialism will take time … — Peggy O'Mara
6 : the act or process of cultivating living material (such as bacteria or viruses) in prepared nutrient media; also : a product of such cultivation
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Examples of culture in a Sentence
In this new view, genes allow the human mind to learn, remember, imitate, imprint language, absorb culture and express instincts. —Matt Ridley, Time, 2 June 2003
Such an explanation seems sensible to a technologically advanced and ruthlessly competitive culture like our own, where anybody who fails to get at least a college degree … risks spending a life busing tables or telemarketing. —Natalie Angier, New York Times, 2 July 2002
There is an Arctic Indian tribe, the Gwich'in—the northernmost Indians in the United States—who base their diet and culture on the caribou. —Jimmy Carter, National Geographic Traveler, October 2001
Underlying the question “Is this as good as it gets?” was a female j'accuse—against a consumer culture where values like caring had been severely discounted. —Susan Faludi, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2001
a study of Greek language and culture
Her art shows the influence of pop culture.
It's important to learn about other cultures.
The company's corporate culture is focused on increasing profits.
an area that has been criticized for its lack of culture
Recent Examples of culture from the Web
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In other cultures around the world, Spam is viewed as a distinctly American product, though it’s been incorporated into local cuisine in creative ways.
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Kings, queens and governments from around the world contributed bulbs, plants and statuary representing their country's culture, such as a Chinese bridge, and woodcarvings from Norway.
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The denomination, which strictly follows Robert’s Rules of Order, seems to work out huge questions of culture and theology this way: through legalism.
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The local school board races mark a significant election, one that some parents see as instrumental to changing an administrative culture.
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The act has long been taboo as far as American culture is concerned.
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The financial hole, along with a soured culture, has left doubts among past and current staffers whether Davis can lead a rebound.
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The group’s mission is to present concerts of the entire spectrum of brass music, from classical to music of other cultures and jazz, according to the band’s website.
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The flash feature is a commonly overused aspect in our culture of smartphone photography.
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Origin and Etymology of culture
Middle English, cultivated land, cultivation, from Anglo-French, from Latin cultura, from cultus, past participle —see cult
Examples of culture in a Sentence
The virus is cultured in the laboratory from samples of infected tissue.
culture bacteria in laboratory dishes
Recent Examples of culture from the Web
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The resulting product has a simpler list of ingredients and is cultured in the glass jar in which it is sold.
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Red yeast rice, a traditional Chinese medicine whose U.S. sales topped $40 million in 2014, is made by culturing rice with strains of yeast that turn the rice red.
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Culturing your own butter is old-school; blending your own ketchup is crazy old-school.
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The research center cultured the mussels on-site by helping them grow them from larvae nearly impossible to see without a microscope to juveniles.
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Australia is the last place in the world where pearls are cultured in wild oysters, using mollusks not from hatcheries but handpicked by divers from the deep ocean floor.
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The secondary metabolites kept pesky contaminates at bay, allowing Cotter to better culture his fungi for his business.
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Origin and Etymology of culture
see 1culture
Other Biology Terms
CULTURE Defined for English Language Learners
culture
playDefinition of culture for English Language Learners
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: the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time
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: a particular society that has its own beliefs, ways of life, art, etc.
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: a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization (such as a business)
culture
playDefinition of culture for English Language Learners
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: to grow (something) in controlled conditions
CULTURE Defined for Kids
culture
playDefinition of culture for Students
1 : cultivation 1
2 : the raising or development (as of a crop or product) by careful attention grape culture
3 : the appreciation and knowledge of the arts (as music, dance, and painting)
4 : the habits, beliefs, and traditions of a particular people, place, or time Greek culture
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of culture
1a: the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action, and artifacts and depends upon the human capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generationsb: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
2a: the act or process of growing living material (as bacteria or viruses) in prepared nutrient mediab: a product of cultivation in nutrient media
culture
Medical Definition of culture
cultured
;culturing
\ˈkəlch-(ə-)riŋ\play1: to grow (as microorganisms or tissues) in a prepared medium
2: to start a culture from culture soil; also : to make a culture of culture milk
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