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# cultivation

noun (cultivation; uncountable mostly)

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

## Everyday

1. Preparing land and growing crops or plants on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#m1)
2. The growing of a particular plant: «the cultivation of rice». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#m2)
3. Developing a skill, quality or friendship carefully over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#m3)
4. (formal) Being educated and having good manners and taste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons cultivation is about farming: ploughing, planting, watering and harvesting. «Land under cultivation» is land being farmed. In history, people learned the cultivation of wheat and changed from hunting to farming. Phrases: «under cultivation», «the cultivation of», «shifting cultivation», «cultivation of good habits».

### Examples

- Rice cultivation needs a lot of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x1)
- This field has been under cultivation for many years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x2)
- The cultivation of potatoes spread across Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x3)
- Good cultivation of the soil helps the seeds grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x4)
- Learning an instrument needs patient cultivation of skill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x5)
- Terraces make cultivation possible on steep hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x6)
- (formal) She was a woman of great cultivation and charm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x7)
- He accordingly gathered round him his zealous followers, and they set forth on their travels, planting the vine and teaching its cultivation wherever they went. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultivation/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable in most uses: «a lot of cultivation», not «cultivations». The verb is «cultivate». A «cultivated» person is well educated; a «cultivated» plant is grown by people, not wild.

## On Mova

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