cultivation
[noun]
Synonyms:
- farming, gardening, husbandry, planting, ploughing, tillage
- development, encouragement, fostering, furtherance, nurture, patronage, promotion, support

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cul‧ti‧va‧tion /ˌkʌltəˈveɪʃən, ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

1. the preparation and use of land for growing crops:
soil cultivation
under cultivation
These fields have been under cultivation (=used for growing crops) for years.

2. the planting and growing of plants and crops:
Terraces for rice cultivation covered the hillsides.
cultivation of
the cultivation of tobacco

3. the deliberate development of a particular quality or skill

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