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- Dictionarycultivated/ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. refined and well educated: "he was a remarkably cultivated and educated man"
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to try to develop and improve something: cultivate an imageShe 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.
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.
CULTIVATED definition: 1. Someone who is cultivated has had a good education and knows a lot about and likes art, music…. Learn more.
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: prepared and used for raising crops; tilled. See examples of CULTIVATED used in a sentence.
to try to develop and improve something: cultivate an imageShe 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.
When you cultivate something, you work to make it better. Originally, the word referred only to crops that required tilling, but the meaning has widened. 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.
