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adjective
- 1. refined and well educated: "he was a remarkably cultivated and educated man"
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The meaning of CULTIVATE is to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops; also : to loosen or break up the soil about (growing plants). How to use cultivate in a sentence.
to try to develop and improve something: cultivate an image She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator. If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you: The new prime minister is cultivating relationships with East Asian countries.
to develop or improve by education or training; train; refine: to cultivate a singing voice. to promote the growth or development of (an art, science, etc.); foster. to devote oneself to (an art, science, etc.). to seek to promote or foster (friendship, love, etc.).
CULTIVATED definition: 1. Someone who is cultivated has had a good education and knows a lot about and likes art, music…. Learn more.
Cultivated definition: prepared and used for raising crops; tilled. See examples of CULTIVATED used in a sentence.
Definition of cultivate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to try to develop and improve something: cultivate an image She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator. If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you: The new prime minister is cultivating relationships with East Asian countries.
If you describe someone as cultivated, you mean they are well educated and have good manners.
No matter what is being cultivated, the word implies a level of care that is reminiscent of gardening. Sometimes friendships come naturally and sometimes you have to cultivate them. To cultivate anything requires an attention to detail, an understanding of what is being cultivated, and a lot of patience.
See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. cultivate has developed meanings and uses in subjects including agriculture (late 1500s) fish (1800s) life sciences (1860s)
