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agriculture
[ ag-ri-kuhl-cher ]
noun
- the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.
- the production of crops, livestock, or poultry.
agriculture
/ ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə /
noun
- the science or occupation of cultivating land and rearing crops and livestock; farming; husbandry geoponic
agriculture
/ ăg′rĭ-kŭl′chər /
- The science of cultivating land, producing crops, and raising livestock.
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Derived Forms
- ˌagriˈculturally, adverb
- ˌagriˈcultural, adjective
- ˌagriˈculturist, noun
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Other Words From
- agri·cultur·al adjective
- agri·cultur·al·ly adverb
- preag·ri·cultur·al adjective
- pre·agri·culture noun
- semi·agri·cultur·al adjective
- unag·ri·cultur·al adjective
- unag·ri·cultur·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agriculture1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agriculture1
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Example Sentences
Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.
The previous guess had been 10,000 years, around the time agriculture emerged.
The film examines labor in the U.S. agriculture sector and the “immoral practices” that affect thousands of farmworkers.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture tallied up the costs of raising a child born in 2013.
Agriculture supported larger populations and gave them more goods to fight over.
It laid its hold upon agriculture, sowing and reaping the grain and transporting it to the ends of the earth.
English Agriculture has a thorough and cleanly aspect which I have rarely observed elsewhere.
Only in the pursuit of agriculture can the black man not complain that he is discriminated against on account of his color.
They have developed fishing and agriculture, and have brought the tourist into districts little visited before.
The bones used in agriculture are chiefly those of cattle, but sheep and horse bones are also employed.
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