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

  • (..) What's all this, then? Mr. and Mrs. Warren bought us some vinyls. They got us an Elvis record! PEGGY: Oh, Blue Hawaii. Hope you don't mind. A little American culture. Not at all! - BILLY: Janet! - JANET: Billy. I missed you. Hey, guys, I missed you. (..)
    2016 The Conjuring 2