cultivation
Syllables: cul·ti·va·tion/ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/
cultivation noun: tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
Noun
cultivation (countable and uncountable, plural cultivations)
- Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- The cultivation of these valleys dates back thousands of years.
- Light tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.
- The cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.
- The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
- These fields are in cultivation.
- Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
- His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.
- Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
- She is a woman of great cultivation.
- Synonyms:
- refinement, culture, education
cultivation meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
cultivation in Tamil
- பயிரிடுதல், வேளாண்மை, பயிரிடல், வளர்த்தல், பயிர் செய்தல், பயிர்த்தொழில்
cultivation in Marathi
- लागवड, लागवडीची
cultivation in Urdu
- cultivation, agriculture
- کاشت kāśt
cultivation in Bengali
- art or act of cultivating
- চাষ caś, জেরাত jerat
More languagesFewer languages
- cultivation in Telugu
- వ్యవసాయము vyavasāyamu
- cultivation in Malayalam
- കൃഷി
- cultivation in Kannada
- ಸಾಗು, ಸಾಗುವಳಿ, ನಾಟಿ, ಕುಮರಿ
- cultivation in Punjabi
- ਖੇਤੀ khetī
- cultivation in Gujarati
- કેળવણી keḷvaṇī, કરસણ karsaṇ
- cultivation in Arabic
- تَهْذِيب tahḏīb
- cultivation in Indonesian
- kultivasi, budidaya
- cultivation in Persian
- کشت kešt
Examples of cultivation in a sentence
- There is at least one caveat in cultivation: you’ll have to stick to only one discipline, such as that according to Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha.
- Cultivation of hyperaccumulators on naturally enriched areas offers the greatest promise for use in phytomining.
- During this period the population trebled while the area under cultivation increased by only 80%.
Synonyms of cultivation
Forms of cultivation
| plural | cultivations |
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Origin of cultivation
From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.
Words formed from cultivation
Words that rhyme with cultivation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about cultivation
- What does cultivation mean?
- Cultivation means tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- What is cultivation in Tamil?
- Cultivation in Tamil is பயிரிடுதல், வேளாண்மை, பயிரிடல். See Cultivation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cultivation?
- Cultivation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cultivation?
- Cultivation is pronounced /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of cultivation?
- The plural of cultivation is cultivations.
Words near cultivation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cultivation (page history and authors); cultivation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cultivation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); کاشت (Urdu) (page history and authors); cultivation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cultivation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖੇਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કરસણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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