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# agriculture

noun (agriculture, uncountable); adjective (agricultural)

«agriculture» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Agriculture is farming: growing crops and keeping animals for food, wool and other products. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#m1)
2. Agriculture is also the science and business of farming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons, agriculture began when early people stopped wandering and started growing wheat and keeping animals (the first farmers), which allowed villages and towns to grow. Pupils learn about arable farming (crops), pastoral farming (animals), mixed farming, irrigation, machines, and how agriculture uses land and water. In science, fertilisers and pesticides help crops but can harm the environment. Phrases: «modern agriculture», «organic agriculture», «agricultural land», «agricultural show».

### Examples

- Agriculture began when people started to grow crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#x1)
- Most of the land in this county is used for agriculture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#x2)
- Many people in Kenya work in agriculture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#x3)
- We went to the agricultural show and saw prize cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#x4)
- Machines changed agriculture a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#x5)
- Agriculture needs a lot of fresh water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#x6)
- She presided over all inventions connected with agriculture, invented the plough, and taught mankind how to use oxen for farming purposes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «agriculture», not «an agriculture». Adjective: «agricultural». Everyday word: «farming». Spelled agri + culture ("field" + "growing").

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «agriculture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«agriculture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/agriculture.html) on Mova free.