cultures
English meaning: Cultures
Definition
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
Example
“Travel exposes you to many different cultures and ways of life.”
Another example: “The lab grew bacterial cultures to test the new antibiotic.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Plural of 'culture': the customs, arts, and social behaviour of particular societies; also (technical) populations of microorganisms grown in a lab. Neutral to academic register.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Latin 'cultura' (a cultivating, tending), from 'colere' (to till, cultivate); the 'society' sense developed in the 19th century.
Synonyms
- civilizations
- societies
- traditions
- customs
Related Words
- neolithic
- peoples
- traditions
- culture
- bce
- indigenous
- civilization
- pottery
- anthropology
- cuisine
Common Collocations
- different cultures
- indigenous cultures
- ancient cultures
- world cultures
- bacterial cultures
- clash of cultures
Word Forms
culture (sing.); cultures (pl); cultural (adj); culturally (adv)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
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