Definition of 'cultivated'
1. adjective
[formal]
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
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cultivated in British English
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cultivated in American English
adjective
3.
trained and developed; refined; cultured
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cultivated in American English
(ˈkʌltəˌveitɪd)
adjective
2.
produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant
3.
educated; refined; cultured
cultivated tastes
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cultivated
British English: cultivated
ADJECTIVE /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
If you describe someone as cultivated, you mean they are well educated and have good manners.
His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.
- American English: cultivated /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
- Brazilian Portuguese: cultivado
- Chinese: 有教养的
- European Spanish: culto
- French: cultivé
- German: kultiviert
- Italian: colto
- Japanese: 教養のある
- Korean: 교양 있는
- European Portuguese: culto
- Latin American Spanish: culto
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