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adjective

ˈkəl-chərd How to pronounce cultured (audio)
Definition of culturednext
as in civilized
having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living the most highly cultured period of the country's long history

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verb

past tense of culture
as in cultivated
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care culture bacteria in laboratory dishes

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Recent Examples of cultured
Adjective
The University of Bologna, the oldest in Europe, keeps the city lively, young, cultured, and healthy—there’s a medical school here, and Bologna and Emilia Romagna are top-rated for health care. — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026 Some butter is cultured by adding lactic acid bacteria. — Rosemary Trout, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
Verb
Sarhan and his colleagues cultured some of the samples, and also put some through a process called shotgun metagenomics, which involves sequencing all the bits of DNA floating around in a sample. — ArsTechnica, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cultured
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultured
  1. civilized
  2. cultivated
  3. polished
  4. grew
  5. accomplished
Adjective
  • Call of the Wild is a field study pitting the civilized against the atavistic.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Teddy Roosevelt exhorted a nation of effeminate, civilized men to sally forth into the wild and reclaim their natural vitality.
    — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
Definition of civilized
Verb
  • With the help of team psychologist Dr Pippa Grange, England cultivated a team ethos in a manner that was incongruous to generations before them — and felt somewhat jarring, based on English societal norms.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The firms that will thrive are the ones that treat their workforce as a portfolio of skills to be cultivated and thoughtfully deployed alongside AI.
    — Ravin Jesuthasan, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cultivated
Adjective
  • Summering in the Hamptons calls for an even more laidback approach, while always looking polished and put together.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Made to look like a stylish romper when the shirt is tucked in, this two-piece set is relaxed and laid-back but still polished and put-together.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of polished
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  • As the noises grew louder, Anyanwu tried calling a neighborhood-watch group, then some friends, but the calls didn’t connect.
    — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • And late Saturday night the team from the see-me city grew even more hateable, after the Dodgers acquired Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal for three prospects, making a three-peat a fait accompli.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of grew
Adjective
  • Although his Braves stint proved brief, the 39-year-old now has another opportunity to extend one of baseball’s most accomplished careers elsewhere.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • While each Republican sheep committed a virtual public hanging of the accomplished Fauci, Laura Ingraham smirked each and every time a Republican lambasted him!
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
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