culture
- the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- that which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.
- a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.
- development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
- the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the drug culture.
- Anthropology. the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.
- Biology.
- the cultivation of microorganisms, as bacteria, or of tissues, for scientific study, medicinal use, etc.
- the product or growth resulting from such cultivation.
- the act or practice of cultivating the soil; tillage.
- the raising of plants or animals, especially with a view to their improvement.
- the product or growth resulting from such cultivation.
- to subject to culture; cultivate.
- Biology.
- to grow (microorganisms, tissues, etc.) in or on a controlled or defined medium.
- to introduce (living material) into a culture medium.
Origin of culture
Synonyms for culture
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for culture
fashion, art, ability, science, practice, experience, civilization, perception, skill, development, lifestyle, knowledge, habit, society, folklore, agriculture, manners, learning, polish, dressExamples from the Web for culture
Contemporary Examples of culture
Charlie ridiculed my faith and culture and I died defending his right to do so.
I don't know why or who's doing it, but it's the legacy…and it's a legacy that is so important to the culture.
A lot of the culture around movies in the sci-fi/fantasy genre is about deconstructing them ad nauseam.
We have reached a tipping point in the culture where Americans are now trained to look to the rules instead of their own judgment.
“Butter has always been a healthy part of the diet in almost every culture; butter is a traditional food,” Asprey says.
Historical Examples of culture
Give everyone his culture, and no one will offer him more than his due.
A Treatise on Parents and ChildrenGeorge Bernard Shaw
I was a man who stood in symbolic relations to the art and culture of my age.
De ProfundisOscar Wilde
I have said of myself that I was one who stood in symbolic relations to the art and culture of my age.
De ProfundisOscar Wilde
Even in Boston, mellowed though it was by culture, the classical was at a discount.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
All that has been said, then, tends to enforce the culture of the imagination.
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
culture
- the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action
- the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the groupthe Mayan culture
- a particular civilization at a particular period
- the artistic and social pursuits, expression, and tastes valued by a society or class, as in the arts, manners, dress, etc
- the enlightenment or refinement resulting from these pursuits
- the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour that characterize and inform society as a whole or any social group within ityob culture
- the cultivation of plants, esp by scientific methods designed to improve stock or to produce new ones
- stockbreeding the rearing and breeding of animals, esp with a view to improving the strain
- the act or practice of tilling or cultivating the soil
- biology
- the experimental growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, in a nutrient substance (culture medium), usually under controlled conditionsSee also culture medium
- a group of microorganisms grown in this way
- to cultivate (plants or animals)
- to grow (microorganisms) in a culture medium
Word Origin for culture
Word Origin and History for culture
mid-15c., "the tilling of land," from Middle French culture and directly from Latin cultura "a cultivating, agriculture," figuratively "care, culture, an honoring," from past participle stem of colere "tend, guard, cultivate, till" (see cult). The figurative sense of "cultivation through education" is first attested c.1500. Meaning "the intellectual side of civilization" is from 1805; that of "collective customs and achievements of a people" is from 1867.
For without culture or holiness, which are always the gift of a very few, a man may renounce wealth or any other external thing, but he cannot renounce hatred, envy, jealousy, revenge. Culture is the sanctity of the intellect. [William Butler Yeats]
Slang culture vulture is from 1947. Culture shock first recorded 1940.
culture
(kŭl′chər)- The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
- Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.
- To grow microorganisms or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
- To use a substance as a medium for culture.
culture
- A growth of microorganisms, viruses, or tissue cells in a specially prepared nutrient medium under supervised conditions.
- The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. Culture is learned and shared within social groups and is transmitted by nongenetic means.
- To grow microorganisms, viruses, or tissue cells in a nutrient medium.
culture
The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. Culture is transmitted, through language, material objects, ritual, institutions, and art, from one generation to the next.