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# culture

noun (culture — uncountable; a culture, cultures); verb (culture — in science, rare)

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

## Everyday

1. The way of life of a group of people: their language, food, clothes, beliefs, customs, festivals, music and art. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#m1)
2. Art, music, books, theatre and other creative activities, all together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#m2)
3. The ideas and habits shared by people in a group, like a school or team (a culture of kindness). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#m3)
4. (science) Tiny living things, like bacteria, grown on purpose in a dish for study. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#m4)

### In the lessons

In social studies and history, pupils learn about many cultures: Indigenous cultures, cultures of the countries their families come from, and how cultures mix in modern cities. Respecting other cultures is part of manners and citizenship. In science, a culture is bacteria grown on agar in a petri dish. Phrases: different cultures, culture shock, popular culture (pop culture), Māori culture, Aboriginal culture, cultural (adjective), multicultural.

### Examples

- Every culture has its own festivals and foods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x1)
- In our class there are children from many different cultures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x2)
- We learned about Māori culture and the haka. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x3)
- Bowing is part of Japanese culture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x4)
- Music, dance and stories are part of a culture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x5)
- Our school has a culture of helping each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x6)
- The scientist grew a culture of bacteria in a petri dish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x7)
- Moving to a new country can give you culture shock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x8)
- The continuity of language and culture between these two divisions of Gaeldom has clearly brought about this identity of their folk-tales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/culture/#x9)

### Note

«Culture» is usually uncountable (culture is important) but countable when talking about different groups (many cultures). Adjective: cultural (cultural traditions). No culture is «normal» and others «strange» — they are just different.

## In Jewish tradition

In social studies and history, pupils learn about many cultures: Indigenous cultures, cultures of the countries their families come from, and how cultures mix in modern cities. Respecting other cultures is part of manners and citizenship. In science, a culture is bacteria grown on agar in a petri dish. Phrases: different cultures, culture shock, popular culture (pop culture), Māori culture, Aboriginal culture, cultural (adjective), multicultural.

### Examples

- Kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution ; both are wrong, as an adept cultured clairvoyant could prove. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x1)
- Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/culture/#x2)

### Note

«Culture» is usually uncountable (culture is important) but countable when talking about different groups (many cultures). Adjective: cultural (cultural traditions). No culture is «normal» and others «strange» — they are just different.

## On Mova

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