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.

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