cultivate
verb [T] (DEVELOP) /ˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪt/
/-t̬ə-/ Definition
C2 to try to develop and improve something: She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator.Making things betterBecoming better › If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you: The new prime minister is cultivating relationships with East Asian countries.Encouraging and urging onInspiration and inspiring cultivation /ˌkʌl.tɪˈveɪ.ʃən/
/-t̬ə-/ noun [U] Farming - general words
/-t̬ə-/ noun [U] Farming - general words(Definition of cultivate verb (DEVELOP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay verb
- alleviate verb
- ameliorate verb
- deepen verb (COMPLICATED)
- humanize verb
- improve on/upon sth phrasal verb
- improve verb
- invigorate verb
- iterative adjective
- rationalize verb (CHANGE)
- rectify verb (CORRECT)
- rehabilitate verb
- revitalize verb
- revivify verb
- revolutionize verb
- salvage verb
- save the day idiom
- work (sth) out phrasal verb
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