Collocations for "culture"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "culture" in context.
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culture
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [ancient, traditional, modern] culture
- (ancient) [Greek] culture
- the culture of [Greece]
- [other, foreign, exotic] cultures
- [youth, teenage, drug, high, pop, popular] culture
- the [emerging, alarming] drug culture
- a part of [corporate, political, Western] culture
- [corporate, consumer] culture dictates that
- [adapt to, understand] a foreign culture
- your own culture
- it's (part of) their culture
- a [woman, man, person] of (great) culture
- could use [some, more] culture (in your life)
- a culture of [peace, war, prosperity]
- a culture that encourages [peace]
- culture and [society, heritage, language]
- a clash of cultures
- [art, literature] and culture
- a [cell, bacteria] culture
- a culture of bacteria
- experienced culture shock
- a culture clash (between)
- is a culture vulture
- culture your [children, students]
- culture [yeast, bacteria]
- cultured from [patients, blood, a sample]
- cultured to [produce, determine, test]
- cultured in [labs, the lab]
- cultured under [supervision, strict conditions, license]
'culture' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American
- Arabic
- Asian
- Belgium
- British
- Caribbean
- Chinese
- Dutch
- Greek
- Irish
- Israel
- Italian
- Italy
- Japanese
- Jewish
- Mexican
- Moor
- Paris
- Portuguese
- Swedish
- Swiss
- adjust
- alien
- ancient
- appropriate
- art
- beginning
- black
- bridge
- café
- campus
- caring
- celebrate
- clash
- coastal
- contemporary
- counterpart
- current
- deaf
- decay
- deeply
- destroy
- embodiment
- embrace
- entertainment
- experience
- export
- formation
- ghetto
- gypsy