culture

Definition

  • noun: the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time
  • noun: the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education
  • verb: to grow (something) in controlled conditions
  • verb: to grow in a prepared medium
  • synonyms: cultivate, acheulean, aurignacian

Examples

  • There was a 'culture of success' at the school. [=the school's policies and environment encouraged its students' success]

  • Foreign students often experience 'culture shock' when they first come to the U.S.

  • Scientists have been refining techniques for the 'culture' of living tissue.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I've spent the last minutes trying to keep his hands off me. So don't go criticising my counselling techniques. It's a primitive culture. I'm just trying to blend in. He didn't believe our cover story. We're running out of time. Will he be able to handle the truth? (..)
    1996 Star Trek: First Contact
  • (..) We have it in visual range. A Borg cube on course ... We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to serve us. Resistance is futile. All units, open fire. They've broken through the defence perimeter. (..)
    1996 Star Trek: First Contact