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# cultural

«cultural» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with the customs, beliefs, art, food and way of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (cultural; more cultural); adverb: culturally

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with the customs, beliefs, art, food and way of life of a group of people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#m1)

2) To do with art, music, theatre and books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, history and PSHE lessons «cultural» describes festivals, food, clothes and traditions, and teaches respect for differences. «Cultural events» are concerts, plays and exhibitions. Phrases: «cultural differences», «cultural heritage», «cultural festival», «cultural centre».

### examples

- Diwali is an important cultural festival for many families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#x1)
- Our class learnt about cultural differences in greetings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#x2)
- The city has a new cultural centre with a theatre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#x3)
- Learning a language gives you cultural knowledge too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#x4)
- The castle is part of our cultural heritage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#x5)
- Some gestures are polite in one country and rude in another for cultural reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/#x6)

### note

Adjective of «culture». Not «culturel» (that is French). Culturally = in a cultural way.

### In the corpora

- [Mao's Great Leap Forward caused a terrible famine, and his Cultural Revolution closed schools and hurt millions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cultural» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cultural/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.