culture
/ˈkʌltʃə/
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Translation
The ideas, customs, food, and art of a group of people or a country.
Word origin
From Latin cultura, meaning a growing or tending, from colere ('to tend or cultivate').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cultura
- English cognates
- cultivate, agriculture
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcultures
Examples
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"Culture" means the customs and ways of life of a group of people.
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"Cultures" is the plural, meaning more than one culture.
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Here "culture" means the shared art and customs of a people.
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