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cultivate

 
/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ verb [T]

Translation

GROW to prepare land and grow crops on it
toprağı işlemek, ekip biçmek, sürüp ekmek
This shrub is cultivated in Europe as a culinary herb.11
DEVELOP to try to develop or improve something
bir şeyi geliştirmek, ilerletmek
She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator.1839
cultivation
 
/ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/ noun [U]
ekim, yetiştirme
(Definition of cultivate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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