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  • n  a particular society at a particular time and place
  • n  the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
  • n  all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  • n  (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
    the culture of cells in a Petri dish
  • n  a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
  • n  the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
    the developing drug culture
    the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture
  • n  the raising of plants or animals
    the culture of oysters
  • v  grow in a special preparation

  • What is culture, after all? The immigrant shrugs.
  • And nobody takes culture more seriously than the French.
  • The Kawaii Culture is what has made girls like Norie--and Japan has 3 million of them between the ages of 15 and 18--pop-culture icons.
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  • Alex Rodriguez in MLB.com
    Back then it was a different culture,Rodriguez said. "It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time."
  • Tilda Swinton in ktla 5
    I think it's fantastic,Day-Lewis said. "If people absorb something that you've done - for whatever your reasons are, it's not relevant - but if that gets absorbed into the culture in such a way that people make something else, somebody can...
  • Nick Clegg in Telegraph.co.uk
    Mr Clegg said that he would also be supporting their stance, adding: "Convention is that political leaders, party leaders, do not talk about the Speaker. My view is that it is exactly that culture of unwritten conventions, unspoken rules and nods...

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