cul·ture (k l ch r)n. 1. a. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. b. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty. c. These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression: religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture. d. The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization. 2. Intellectual and artistic activity and the works produced by it. 3. a. Development of the intellect through training or education. b. Enlightenment resulting from such training or education. 4. A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training. 5. Special training and development: voice culture for singers and actors. 6. The cultivation of soil; tillage. 7. The breeding of animals or growing of plants, especially to produce improved stock. 8. Biology a. The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium. b. Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria. tr.v. cul·tured, cul·tur·ing, cul·tures 1. To cultivate. 2. a. To grow (microorganisms or other living matter) in a specially prepared nutrient medium. b. To use (a substance) as a medium for culture: culture milk. [Middle English, cultivation, from Old French, from Latin cult  ra, from cultus, past participle of colere; see cultivate.]Usage Note: The application of the term culture to the collective attitudes and behavior of corporations arose in business jargon during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Unlike many locutions that emerge in business jargon, it spread to popular use in newspapers and magazines. Few Usage Panelists object to it. Over 80 percent of Panelists accept the sentence The new management style is a reversal of GE's traditional corporate culture, in which virtually everything the company does is measured in some form and filed away somewhere. · Ever since C.P. Snow wrote of the gap between "the two cultures" (the humanities and science) in the 1950s, the notion that culture can refer to smaller segments of society has seemed implicit. Its usage in the corporate world may also have been facilitated by increased awareness of the importance of genuine cultural differences in a global economy, as between Americans and the Japanese, that have a broad effect on business practices. |
culture [ˈkʌltʃə]
n
1. (Sociology) the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action
2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the group the Mayan culture
3. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a particular civilization at a particular period
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the artistic and social pursuits, expression, and tastes valued by a society or class, as in the arts, manners, dress, etc.
5. the enlightenment or refinement resulting from these pursuits
6. (Sociology) the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour that characterize and inform society as a whole or any social group within it yob culture
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the cultivation of plants, esp by scientific methods designed to improve stock or to produce new ones
8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Stockbreeding the rearing and breeding of animals, esp with a view to improving the strain
9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the act or practice of tilling or cultivating the soil
10. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) Biology
a. the experimental growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, in a nutrient substance (see culture medium), usually under controlled conditions
b. a group of microorganisms grown in this way
vb (tr)
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to cultivate (plants or animals)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) to grow (microorganisms) in a culture medium
[from Old French, from Latin cultūra a cultivating, from colere to till; see cult]
culturist n
cultureless adj
| culture (klchr) Noun 1. A growth of microorganisms, viruses, or tissue cells in a specially prepared nutrient medium under supervised conditions. 2. 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. Verb To grow microorganisms, viruses, or tissue cells in a nutrient medium. |
A feature of the terrain that has been constructed by man. Included are such items as roads, buildings, and canals; boundary lines; and, in a broad sense, all names and legends on a map.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  culture - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures society - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization subculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs Aegean civilisation, Aegean civilization, Aegean culture - the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries; "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery" Helladic civilisation, Helladic civilization, Helladic culture - the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC Indus civilization - the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC Minoan civilisation, Minoan civilization, Minoan culture - the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean culture - the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture - the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America Western civilization, Western culture - the modern culture of western Europe and North America; "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea" |
| 2. | culture - the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" counterculture - a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture mass culture - the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media letters - the literary culture; "this book shows American letters at its best" | |
| 3. | culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a society cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned meme - a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation); "memes are the cultural counterpart of genes" | |
| 4. | culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" starter - a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" | |
| 5. | culture - a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad | |
| 6. | culture - the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture" attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" cyberculture - the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business Kalashnikov culture - the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms; "the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan" mosaic culture - a highly diverse culture; "the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts" | |
| 7. | culture - the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters" cultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) cranberry culture - the cultivation of cranberries monoculture - the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country) tillage - the cultivation of soil for raising crops viniculture, viticulture - the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | |
| Verb | 1. | culture - grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms" grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" |
culture
noun
1. the arts France's Minister of Culture and Education
2. civilization, society, customs, way of life people of different cultures
3. lifestyle, habit, way of life, mores Social workers say this has created a culture of dependency.
4. refinement, education, breeding, polish, enlightenment, accomplishment, sophistication, good taste, erudition, gentility, urbanity He was a well-travelled man of culture and breeding.
Translations
culture [ˈkʌltʃəʳ]
A. N
1. (= the arts) → cultura f; (= civilization) → civilización f, cultura f
B. VT [+ tissue etc] → cultivar
culture [ˈkʌltʃər] n
(= the arts, philosophy etc) → culture f popular culture
(= society, civilisation) → culture f
(behaviour and beliefs of a particular group) → culture f
enterprise culture → culture d'entreprise corporate culture, youth culture
enterprise culture → culture d'entreprise corporate culture, youth culture
(in laboratory) [cells, bacteria] → culture f
culture
culture:
n
→ Kultur f; physical culture (dated) → Körperkultur f (dated); a man of culture/of no culture → ein kultivierter/unkultivierter Mann, ein Mann mit/ohne Kultur; to study German culture → die deutsche Kultur studieren; a culture of dependency, a dependency culture → eine Kultur der Abhängigkeit; the company culture → die Unternehmenskultur
culture:
culture fluid
n (Biol, Med) → Nährlösung f
culture gap
n → Kulturlücke f
culture medium
n (Biol, Med) → Kulturmedium nt, → (künstlicher) Nährboden
culture shock
n → Kulturschock m
culture vulture
n (hum) → Kulturfanatiker(in) m(f)
n culture [ˈkaltʃə]
1 a form or type of civilization of a certain race or nation the Jewish culture. kultuur حَضارَه култура kultura kultur; kulturliv; levevis die Kultur πολιτισμός cultura kultuur فرهنگ kulttuuri culture תַרבּוּת सभ्यता kultura kultúra kebudayaan (þjóð)menning cultura 文化 문화 kultūra kultūra budaya cultuur kultur kultura cultura cultură культура kultúra kultura kultura kultur วัฒนธรรม kültür 文化 культура تهذيب، تمدن، ثقافت văn hóa 文化
2 improvement of the mind etc by education etc He was an enthusiastic seeker of culture. geletterdheid ثَقافَه култивиране kultura kultur; dannelse die Bildung καλλιέργεια, κουλτούρα cultura enesearendus فرهیختگی kulttuuri, sivistys culture תַרבּוּת संस्कृति kultura művelődés peradaban menning, menntun cultura 洗練 수양 kultūra kultūra ilmu pengetahuan cultuur dannelse, kultur; utdanning kultura cultura cultură культура kultúra kultura kultura bildning การพัฒนาจิตใจด้วยการศึกษา eğitim 教養 духовний розвиток; культура ذهنى تربيت sự tu dưỡng 教养
3 educated taste in art, literature, music etc He thinks that anyone who dislikes Bach is lacking in culture. kultuur, geletterdheid ثَقافَـه عامّه култура kultura kultur; dannelse die Bildung καλλιέργεια cultura arenenud maitse ادب و آموختگی؛ فضل sivistys culture תַרבּוּת कला इत्यादि में रूचि kultura műveltség citarasa siðfágun, menntun, menning cultura 教養 교양 kultūra, išsilavinimas kultūra kebudayaan cultuur dannelse, kultivering, kulturbevissthet kultura cultura cultură культура kultúra omikanost kultura bildning รสนิยมในศิลปะ วรรณกรรม หรือดนตรี kültür; zevk ve anlayış 修養 культура ذوق فن văn minh 修养
4 (a) cultivated growth of bacteria etc. gekweek استِنْبات بَكْتيري отглеждане kultura dyrket die Kultur καλλιέργεια cultivo kultuur کشت باکتری viljelmä culture תַרבִּית बैक्टीरिया को प्रयोगशाला में विकसित करना kultiviran tenyészet budidaya örverugróður coltura 培養 배양 kultūra kultūra kultur kweek bakteriekultur hodowla, kultura cultura cultură культура бактерий kultúra kultura kultura kultur การเพาะเชื้อจุลินทรีย์ kültür, üretik 細菌等的培養 культивація جراثيم پالنا sự cấy vi khuẩn 培养
5 the commercial rearing of fish, certain plants etc. gekweek تربية تِجاريّه لِلحَيوانات развъждане pěstování opdræt die Zucht εκτροφή, καλλιέργεια cultivo viljelus پرورش viljely élevage גִידוּל मछली, कुछ खास प्रकार के पौधों का व्यावसायिक उत्पादन uzgoj termelés, termesztés pemeliharaan eldi, ræktun coltivazione; allevamento 養殖 양식, 재배 veisimas, auginimas audzēšana kultur teelt akvakultur, plantekultur hodowla cultura creştere; cultivare разведение chov; pestovanie vzreja gajenje odling การเพาะปลูกหรือเลี้ยงสัตว์เพื่อการค้า yetiştirme 養殖 розведення مچهلياں پالنا، پودوں كى افزائش كرنا sự nuôi 养殖
adj cultural
kultureel, ثَـقافي، حَضاري културен kulturní kulturel Kultur... πολιτιστικός, μορφωτικός cultural kultuur(i)- فرهنگی kulttuuri- culturel תַרבּוּתִי सांस्कृतिक kulturan kulturális budaya menningarlegur, menningar- culturale 文化の 문화의, 교양의, 경작의 kultūrinis, kultūros kulturāls; kultūras- secara kultur cultureel kulturell, dannet, kultur- kulturowy, kulturalny cultural cultural культурный kultúrny kulturen kulturni kulturell, bildnings-, kultur- ทางวัฒนธรรม kültürel 文化的 культурний; освідчений تهذيبى، ثقافتى thuộc văn hóa 文化的
adj cultured
(negativeuncultured) well-educated. geletterd, ongeletterd مُثَقَّف، مُتَحَضّر، راقِ образован kultivovaný kultiveret; dannet gebildet καλλιεργημένος culto haritud فرهیخته sivistynyt cultivé מְתוּרבָּת सुसंस्कृत odgojen művelt terpelajar menntaður, (sið)fágaður colto 教養のある 세련된, 교양있는 kultūringas, išsilavinęs kulturāls; izglītots terpelajar ontwikkeld kultivert, velutdannet; kondisjonert wykształcony culto cultivat, educat образованный kultivovaný omikan kulturan kultiverad, bildad ซึ่งมีวัฒนธรรม kültürlü 有修養的 розвинутий; освідчений مهذب، شائستہ có văn hóa 有教养的
culture → ثقافة kultura kultur Kultur πολιτισμός cultura kulttuuri culture kultura cultura 文化 문화 cultuur kultur kultura cultura культура kultur วัฒนธรรม kültür văn hóa 文化
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