culture

CEFRA1

/ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The beliefs, customs, and arts shared by a society.

  2. 02

    noun

    The growing of cells, plants, or microorganisms in controlled conditions.

Examples

  • In a foreign country most of us go through culture shock.

  • In culture, they are on the same plane as savages.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.

  2. The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.

  3. The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.

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In context

  • I'm headed to the lab to make sure my cell culture hasn't died.

  • Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.

  • Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.

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Origin

noun

From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, to grow, worship”) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).