cultural

«cultural» in Mova's school dictionary: To do with the customs, beliefs, art, food and way of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (cultural; more cultural); adverb: culturally

meaning for a pupil

1) To do with the customs, beliefs, art, food and way of life of a group of people. tree →

2) To do with art, music, theatre and books. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, history and PSHE lessons «cultural» describes festivals, food, clothes and traditions, and teaches respect for differences. «Cultural events» are concerts, plays and exhibitions. Phrases: «cultural differences», «cultural heritage», «cultural festival», «cultural centre».

examples

• Diwali is an important cultural festival for many families. tree →
• Our class learnt about cultural differences in greetings. tree →
• The city has a new cultural centre with a theatre. tree →
• Learning a language gives you cultural knowledge too. tree →
• The castle is part of our cultural heritage. tree →
• Some gestures are polite in one country and rude in another for cultural reasons. tree →

note

Adjective of «culture». Not «culturel» (that is French). Culturally = in a cultural way.

In the corpora

• Mao's Great Leap Forward caused a terrible famine, and his Cultural Revolution closed schools and hurt millions.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cultural» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.