(~s, culturing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people’s minds.
...aspects of popular ~.
...France’s Minister of Culture and Education.
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2.
A ~ is a particular society or civilization, especially considered in relation to its beliefs, way of life, or art.
...people from different ~s...
I was brought up in a ~ that said you must put back into the society what you have taken out.
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3.
The ~ of a particular organization or group consists of the habits of the people in it and the way they generally behave.
But social workers say that this has created a ~ of dependency, particularly in urban areas...
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4.
In science, a ~ is a group of bacteria or cells which are grown, usually in a laboratory as part of an experiment. (TECHNICAL)
...a ~ of human cells.
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5.
In science, to ~ a group of bacteria or cells means to grow them, usually in a laboratory as part of an experiment. (TECHNICAL)
To confirm the diagnosis, the hospital laboratory must ~ a colony of bacteria.
VERB: V n