cultivation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cultivation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
cultivation (countable and uncountable, plural cultivations)
- The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture
- The heavy cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.
- The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
- These fields are in cultivation.
- Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
- His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.
- Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
- She is a woman of great cultivation.
Synonyms
- (art or act of cultivating): tillage
- (advancement or refinement in condition): refinement, culture; education
Derived terms
- cultivation theory
- self-cultivation
- shifting cultivation
- Taoist dual cultivation
Related terms
- cultivar
- cultivate, cultivator
Translations
art or act of cultivating
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state of being cultivated
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devotion of time or attention to the improvement of
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advancement or refinement in condition
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kyl.ti.va.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
cultivation f (plural cultivations)
- cultivation
Related terms
- cultivable
- cultiver
- cultivateur