multicultural

«multicultural» in Mova's school dictionary: Having or including people from many different cultures… — 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 (multicultural; more multicultural)

meaning for a pupil

1) Having or including people from many different cultures, countries, religions or backgrounds. tree →

2) Showing or celebrating many cultures, as in "a multicultural festival". tree →

sense 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 →
• London, Toronto and Sydney are very multicultural cities. tree →
• On Multicultural Day we brought food from our families' countries. tree →
• Canada calls itself a multicultural country. tree →
• The festival had multicultural music and dance. tree →
• Living in a multicultural area helps you learn about other people. tree →
• A multicultural class can share many different festivals. tree →

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).

In the corpora

• In Multicultural London English "man" can mean "I", as in "Man's going shop."

Trees and pragmatics

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