Meaning of "culture" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CULTURE

From Old French, from Latin cultūra a cultivating, from colere to till.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CULTURE

culture  [ˈkʌltʃə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULTURE

Culture is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb culture in English.

WHAT DOES CULTURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Culture

Culture is a modern concept based on a term first used in classical antiquity by the Roman orator Cicero: "cultura animi". This non-agricultural use of the term "culture" re-appeared in modern Europe in the 17th century referring to the betterment or refinement of individuals, especially through education. During the 18th and 19th century it came to refer more frequently to the common reference points of whole peoples, and discussion of the term was often connected to national aspirations or ideals. Some scientists such as Edward Tylor used the term "culture" to refer to a universal human capacity. In the 20th century, "culture" emerged as a central concept in anthropology, encompassing the range of human phenomena that cannot be directly attributed to genetic inheritance. Specifically, the term "culture" in American anthropology had two meanings: ▪ the evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively; and ▪ the distinct ways that people, who live differently, classified and represented their experiences, and acted creatively.

Definition of culture in the English dictionary

The first definition of culture in the dictionary is the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action. Other definition of culture is 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. Culture is also a particular civilization at a particular period.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CULTURE

PRESENT

Present

I culture

you culture

he/she/it cultures

we culture

you culture

they culture

Present continuous

I am culturing

you are culturing

he/she/it is culturing

we are culturing

you are culturing

they are culturing

Present perfect

I have cultured

you have cultured

he/she/it has cultured

we have cultured

you have cultured

they have cultured

Present perfect continuous

I have been culturing

you have been culturing

he/she/it has been culturing

we have been culturing

you have been culturing

they have been culturing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I cultured

you cultured

he/she/it cultured

we cultured

you cultured

they cultured

Past continuous

I was culturing

you were culturing

he/she/it was culturing

we were culturing

you were culturing

they were culturing

Past perfect

I had cultured

you had cultured

he/she/it had cultured

we had cultured

you had cultured

they had cultured

Past perfect continuous

I had been culturing

you had been culturing

he/she/it had been culturing

we had been culturing

you had been culturing

they had been culturing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will culture

you will culture

he/she/it will culture

we will culture

you will culture

they will culture

Future continuous

I will be culturing

you will be culturing

he/she/it will be culturing

we will be culturing

you will be culturing

they will be culturing

Future perfect

I will have cultured

you will have cultured

he/she/it will have cultured

we will have cultured

you will have cultured

they will have cultured

Future perfect continuous

I will have been culturing

you will have been culturing

he/she/it will have been culturing

we will have been culturing

you will have been culturing

they will have been culturing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would culture

you would culture

he/she/it would culture

we would culture

you would culture

they would culture

Conditional continuous

I would be culturing

you would be culturing

he/she/it would be culturing

we would be culturing

you would be culturing

they would be culturing

Conditional perfect

I would have culture

you would have culture

he/she/it would have culture

we would have culture

you would have culture

they would have culture

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been culturing

you would have been culturing

he/she/it would have been culturing

we would have been culturing

you would have been culturing

they would have been culturing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you culture
we let´s culture
you culture

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to culture

Past participle

cultured

Present Participle

culturing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CULTURE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «culture» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of culture

accomplishment · agriculture · agronomy · breeding · civilization · cultivation · customs · education · enlightenment · erudition · farming · gentility · habit · husbandry · lifestyle · mores · polish · refinement · society · sophistication · the arts · urbanity · way of life

TRANSLATION OF CULTURE

Find out the translation of culture to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of culture from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «culture» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 文化
• Translator English - Spanish: cultura
• English: culture
• Translator English - Hindi: संस्कृति
• Translator English - Arabic: ثَقَافَة
• Translator English - Russian: культура
• Translator English - Portuguese: cultura
• Translator English - Bengali: সংস্কৃতি
• Translator English - French: culture
• Translator English - Malay: Budaya
• Translator English - German: Kultur
• Translator English - Japanese: 文化
• Translator English - Korean: 문화
• Translator English - Javanese: Budaya
• Translator English - Vietnamese: văn hóa
• Translator English - Tamil: கலாச்சாரம்
• Translator English - Marathi: संस्कृती
• Translator English - Turkish: kültür
• Translator English - Italian: cultura
• Translator English - Polish: kultura
• Translator English - Ukrainian: культура
• Translator English - Romanian: cultură
• Translator English - Greek: πολιτισμός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kultuur
• Translator English - Swedish: kultur
• Translator English - Norwegian: kultur

10 QUOTES WITH «CULTURE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word culture.

1

Edward Abbey

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

2

Karen Abbott

In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.

3

Waris Ahluwalia

I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.

4

Preet Bharara

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

5

David Bohm

Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.

6

Jim Broadbent

I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.

7

Tammy Bruce

The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.

8

Susan Cain

Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them. Parenting can pose unique challenges for introverted parents, who fear that their own painful experiences will be repeated in their children's lives.

9

Anderson Cooper

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

10

Jerry Costello

With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULTURE»

Discover the use of culture in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to culture and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga ...

This volume brings together an international group of scholars from many specialties to probe the richness and subtleties of these deceptively simple cultural forms.

Mark Wheeler Macwilliams, 2008

Contested Culture: The Image, the Voice, and the Law

By looking at legal texts - such as judicial opinions and stars' contracts - as cultural artifacts in their own right, and by offering a poststructualist analysis of these texts, Jane Gaines explores not only the legal but the cultural ...

Jane Gaines, 1991

Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography

"--Hayden White, author of "Metahistory" These essays are the product of intensive discussions held at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during April 1984.

James Clifford, George E. Marcus, 1986

Fashion, Culture, and Identity

How do fashions change? These are just a few of the intriguing questions Fred Davis sets out to answer in this provocative look at what we do with our clothes—and what they can do to us.

Fred Davis, 1992

African Americans and Popular Culture [3 volumes]

Though there are still many more miles to travel and much to overcome, this three-volume set considers the multifaceted influence of African Americans on popular culture, and sheds new light on the ways in which African American culture has ...

Todd Boyd, 2008

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide

He shows us how The Matrix has pushed transmedia storytelling to new levels, creating a fictional world where consumers track down bits of the story across multiple media channels.Jenkins argues that struggles over convergence will redefine ...

Henry Jenkins, 2006

Culture: The Anthropologists' Account

What follows is the story of how the idea fared within American anthropology, the discipline that took on culture as its special subject.

Adam Kuper, 2009

Postmodern Culture

Ranging from architecture, sculpture and painting to music, photography and film, this collection is now recognised as a seminal text on the postmodernism debate.The essays are by Hal Foster, Jürgen Habermas, Kenneth Frampton, Rosalind ...

Hal Foster, 1985

Comics & Culture: Analytical and Theoretical Approaches to ...

One way to characterize this book is to focus on the contributors.

Anne Magnussen, Hans-Christian Christiansen, 2000

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture

Over 900 entries offer rich, readable coverage of the diverse forms of post-1945 Italian culture, including history, society, art, film, food, sport, literature and music.

Gino Moliterno, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULTURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term culture is used in the context of the following news items.

Time To Transform Your Workplace Culture? Take This Step First

In a 2013 survey conducted by consulting firm Strategy&, the vast majority of respondents said culture was critically important to the success of ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

Japanese summer festival celebrates the season and culture

Attendees were a combination of Japanese nationals living in the area and people who shared an interest in the culture, whether from curiosity ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»

What it Takes to Build a Strong Company Culture

A mentor of mine once said that company culture was the thing that had the biggest impact on success, but sadly was given the least attention ... «Small Business Trends, Jul 15»

What is the Muncie Arts and Culture Council?

For quite a while now, you have seen this column in The Star Press, written by a president of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council (MACC) ... «Muncie Star Press, Jul 15»

HR Meets Technology: The Ten Facets Of Culture

It's a different culture and ecosystem, and we're already living in it. Here are my 10 facets of HR meets technology and why culture remains a ... «Forbes, Jul 15»

Preview: Sound System Culture - Birmingham

When soundsystem culture hit these shores it almost immediately began to adapt to the environment it found itself in. Sure, the latest musical developments from ... «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»

Marcus Jewish Community Center announces Arts & Culture season

Turtle Island String Quartet will perform as part of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta's 2015-16 Arts & Culture Season on Jan. 24. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»

3 Critical Elements for Building a Phenomenal Company Culture

If you're willing to do that, then you're well on your way to building a company culture that is in line with the brand you want to build." -- Tony ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Achieving a Cohesive Organizational Culture

Dubai in itself is known to nest 200 nationalities, thereby making way for culture-contoured training practices. Organizational cultures comprise ... «ATD, Jul 15»

Doree Shafrir steps down as Buzzfeed culture editor

Doree Shafrir is stepping down as Buzzfeed News' culture editor later this year, leaving aside day-to-day managing and editing for writing, ... «Capital New York, Jul 15»