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# multicultural

adjective (multicultural; more multicultural)

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

## Everyday

1. Having or including people from many different cultures, countries, religions or backgrounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#m1)
2. Showing or celebrating many cultures, as in "a multicultural festival". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in citizenship, PSHE and everyday life about schools, cities and countries such as the UK, Canada and Australia where people of many backgrounds live together. Phrases: "multicultural society", "multicultural school", "multicultural day".

### Examples

- Our school is multicultural; we speak over twenty languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#x1)
- London, Toronto and Sydney are very multicultural cities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#x2)
- On Multicultural Day we brought food from our families' countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#x3)
- Canada calls itself a multicultural country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#x4)
- The festival had multicultural music and dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#x5)
- Living in a multicultural area helps you learn about other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#x6)
- A multicultural class can share many different festivals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multicultural/#x7)

### Note

Adjective; noun "multiculturalism" is the idea or policy of welcoming many cultures. Prefix "multi-" means "many". Not the same as "multilingual" (speaking many languages).

## On Mova

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