adj
cultivated
KUHL-tih-vay-tihd
adj
1
Well-educated and refined in manner or taste.
"He had a cultivated way of speaking about art."
2
Grown intentionally by farming, as opposed to growing wild.
"These cultivated berries are much sweeter than the wild ones."
How to Use Cultivated
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither "refined and cultured" (for a person) or "deliberately grown" (for a plant/land).
Common pairings
cultivated taste
cultivated field
Word Forms
more cultivated comparative, most cultivated superlative
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