cultivation
part of speech
noun (cultivation; uncountable mostly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Preparing land and growing crops or plants on it. tree →
2) The growing of a particular plant: «the cultivation of rice». tree →
3) Developing a skill, quality or friendship carefully over time. tree →
4) (formal) Being educated and having good manners and taste. tree →
sense 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 →
- This field has been under cultivation for many years. tree →
- The cultivation of potatoes spread across Europe. tree →
- Good cultivation of the soil helps the seeds grow. tree →
- Learning an instrument needs patient cultivation of skill. tree →
- Terraces make cultivation possible on steep hills. tree →
- (formal) She was a woman of great cultivation and charm. tree →
- 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 →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
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