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cultivation

noun
/ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.

  1. borrowed from cultivation
  2. derived from cultivātus

Definitions

  1. The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as

    The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:

    • The cultivation of these valleys dates back thousands of years.

  2. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture

    • These fields are in cultivation.

  3. Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)

    • His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition

      • She is a woman of great cultivation.

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Derived

cocultivation, cultivational, cultivation theory, incultivation, microcultivation, miscultivation, multicultivation, noncultivation, overcultivation, precultivation, recultivation, self-cultivation, shifting cultivation, subcultivation, uncultivation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cultivation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cultivation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at cultivation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA