Culture Children Group Cells Latin Noun Bre ˈkʌltʃə(R

• european/islamic/african/american, etc. culture
• working-class culture
• the children are taught to respect different cultures.
• the effect of technology on traditional cultures

culture

1. the customs and beliefs, art, way of life and social organization of a particular country or group
• European/Islamic/African/American, etc. culture
• working-class culture
2. a country, group, etc. with its own beliefs, etc.
• The children are taught to respect different cultures.
• the effect of technology on traditional cultures
3. art, music, literature, etc., thought of as a group
• Venice is a beautiful city full of culture and history.
• popular culture (= that is enjoyed by a lot of people)
• the Minister for Culture
4. the beliefs and attitudes about something that people in a particular group or organization share
• The political cultures of the United States and Europe are very different.
• A culture of failure exists in some schools.
• company culture
• We are living in a consumer culture.
5. the growing of plants or breeding of particular animals in order to get a particular substance or crop from them
• the culture of silkworms (= for silk)
6. a group of cells or bacteria, especially one taken from a person or an animal and grown for medical or scientific study, or to produce food; the process of obtaining and growing these cells
• a culture of cells from the tumour
• Yogurt is made from active cultures.
• to do/take a throat culture

Extra Examples

• Children need to learn to understand cultures other than their own.
• In some cultures children have an important place.
• Jokes are an important part of our popular oral culture.
• Newcomers to the company are soon assimilated into the culture.
• Prisoners are isolated from the wider culture of society at large.
• She experienced great culture shock when she first came to Europe.
• She is a woman of wide culture.
• The Romans gradually assimilated the culture of the people they had conquered.
• The computer has changed the culture of the design profession.
• The new director is trying to foster a culture of open communication within the company.
• The paintings reflect African American culture.
• The social security system has been accused of producing a culture of dependency.
• These ideas have always been central to Western culture.
• a country containing many language and culture groups
• immigrants who embrace American culture
• the development of the enterprise culture in Britain
• the political culture of the US
• He had never left his village before so, arriving in the capital, Manila, was a big culture shock.

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting a cultivated piece of land): the noun from French culture or directly from Latin cultura ‘growing, cultivation’; the verb from obsolete French culturer or medieval Latin culturare, both based on Latin colere ‘tend, cultivate’ . In late Middle English the sense was ‘cultivation of the soil’ and from this (early 16th cent.), arose ‘cultivation (of the mind, faculties, or manners)’; sense (3) dates from the early 19th cent.