agriculture

American  

[ag-ri-kuhl-cher] / ˈæg rɪˌkʌl tʃər /

noun

1. the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.

2. the production of crops, livestock, or poultry.

3. agronomy.

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agriculture British  

/ ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə /

noun

1. the science or occupation of cultivating land and rearing crops and livestock; farming; husbandry

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agriculture Scientific  

/ ăg′rĭ-kŭl′chər /

1. The science of cultivating land, producing crops, and raising livestock.

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Other Word Forms

• agricultural adjective
• agriculturally adverb
• agriculturist noun
• preagricultural adjective
• preagriculture noun
• semiagricultural adjective
• unagricultural adjective
• unagriculturally adverb

Etymology

Origin of agriculture

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin agrīcultūra, from agrī (genitive singular of ager “field”) + cultūra culture

Example Sentences

But even the garment sector—Bangladesh’s second-largest employer after agriculture—has shed jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chemical fingerprinting indicates that microbial sources, including wetlands, inland waters, reservoirs, and agriculture, were responsible for most of the observed changes.

From Science Daily

Bangladesh also committed to observe internationally recognised labour rights, ramp up its environmental protection efforts, and uphold its agreement to buy billions of dollars of American agriculture, aircraft and energy products, according to the statement.

From BBC

It is already facing acute labour shortages in construction, care work, agriculture and hospitality.

From BBC

Farmers and conservationists are managing land in ways that support both wildlife and agriculture.

From BBC

Related Words

• cultivation
• culture
• horticulture
• husbandry