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cultivated

/ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/adjective

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खेती की गई, जोती-बोई हुई (ज़मीन)

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adjective
  1. 1

    (of land) used for growing crops

    खेती की गई, जोती-बोई हुई (ज़मीन)

    • Only a third of the district's land is cultivated.
    • cultivated fields stretching to the river
    • The cultivated area has grown in the last decade.
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    • Rice is grown on cultivated land near the river.
    • Cultivated fields lay on both sides of the road.

    Synonyms farmed tilled ploughed under crops

    Opposite uncultivated wild fallow barren

  2. 2

    (of plants) grown by people, not wild

    उगाया हुआ, पालतू (पौधा), जंगली नहीं

    • cultivated roses as opposed to wild ones
    • The farm sells cultivated mushrooms to restaurants in the nearby town.
    • Cultivated varieties of wheat give higher yields.
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    • Wild strawberries are smaller than cultivated ones.
    • The garden has many cultivated flowers.

    Synonyms grown domesticated garden

    Opposite wild natural

  3. 3

    (of a person) having a good education and good manners; well read and refined

    सुसंस्कृत, शिक्षित, परिष्कृत रुचि वाला

    • a cultivated woman who read poetry in three languages
    • a cultivated taste in music
    • He was a cultivated man who spoke four languages.
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    • She has a cultivated voice and elegant manners.
    • A cultivated audience enjoyed the classical recital.

    Synonyms cultured refined educated sophisticated well-bred

    Opposite uncultivated uncultured boorish crude

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

cultivated land / area / crops

Cultivated before a noun describes land used for growing crops, or plants grown by people.

Noun से पहले 'cultivated' फ़सल उगाने के लिए प्रयुक्त भूमि, या मनुष्यों द्वारा उगाए गए पौधों का वर्णन करता है।

  • The cultivated area of the district has doubled in ten years.
  • Cultivated rice differs from wild rice.

a cultivated person / voice / taste

For people, cultivated means well educated and with refined manners.

व्यक्तियों के लिए 'cultivated' का अर्थ सुशिक्षित और परिष्कृत आचरण वाला है।

  • She spoke in a cultivated voice and used polite words.

cultivated by sb / for sth

As a past participle, cultivated by names the farmer, and for names the purpose.

Past participle के रूप में 'cultivated by' किसान को और 'for' उद्देश्य को बताता है।

  • The land is cultivated by small farmers for sugarcane.

cultivated vs cultured vs cultivable

Cultivated land is already farmed; cultivable land is fit for farming; cultured can describe a refined person or a grown pearl.

Cultivated भूमि पर खेती हो चुकी है; cultivable भूमि खेती के योग्य है; cultured परिष्कृत व्यक्ति या उगाए गए मोती के लिए प्रयुक्त हो सकता है।

  • Not all cultivable land is cultivated.
+Collocations 4

cultivated + noun

landcropfieldvarietyplant

  • The cultivated field was green after the rain.

adverb + cultivated

highlycarefullywellpoorlyintensively

  • The valley is intensively cultivated.

cultivated + person

voicemannermindtastegentleman

  • He had a cultivated taste for classical music.

verb + cultivated

beremainbecomeseemprove

  • The hillside remained uncultivated for years.
“More examples 5
  • More than half of the state's land is cultivated.

राज्य की आधी से अधिक भूमि पर खेती होती है।

  • Wild rice was first cultivated in the river valleys of Asia.

जंगली चावल की खेती सबसे पहले एशिया की नदी घाटियों में की गई।

  • Radhika admired the cultivated manners of her host.

राधिका ने अपने मेज़बान के परिष्कृत शिष्टाचार की प्रशंसा की।

  • The cultivated lands near the river are more fertile.

नदी के पास की जोती हुई भूमि अधिक उपजाऊ है।

  • He was a cultivated man who read widely and spoke softly.

वह एक सुसंस्कृत व्यक्ति था जो खूब पढ़ता था और धीमे बोलता था।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ The farmer has cultivate the field.

✓ The farmer has cultivated the field.

After has, use the past participle cultivated.

'Has' के बाद past participle 'cultivated' आता है।

✗ The land is cultivating by the farmers.

✓ The land is cultivated by the farmers.

The passive needs the past participle cultivated.

Passive में past participle 'cultivated' चाहिए।

✗ The land was cultivated for wheat by the farmers in last year.

✓ The land was cultivated for wheat by the farmers last year.

Last year takes no preposition.

'Last year' के साथ preposition नहीं लगता।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Cultivated, cultured and educated all describe a refined person but differ in emphasis.

Cultivated, cultured और educated परिष्कृत व्यक्ति को बताते हैं, पर बल भिन्न है।

cultivated

Refined in manners and taste, or farmed as land.

आचरण और रुचि में परिष्कृत, या भूमि के रूप में जोती हुई।

  • A cultivated audience.

cultured

Having a love of art, music and literature.

कला, संगीत और साहित्य का प्रेमी।

  • A cultured family.

educated

Having had good schooling.

अच्छी शिक्षा पाया हुआ।

  • An educated woman.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
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cul·ti·va·ted

With -vated (not 'cultivatted'); the verb cultivate (also 'cultivate a friendship'), the noun cultivation, the person a cultivator.

अंत में -vated ('cultivatted' गलत है); verb cultivate ('cultivate a friendship' भी), noun cultivation, व्यक्ति cultivator।

?Which word?

cultivated or cultured?

Both describe a refined, educated person, and in that sense they overlap. Cultivated also means farmed (land) or grown (plants); cultured also means produced artificially under controlled conditions (cultured pearls, cultured bacteria). A cultivated field, a cultured pearl, a cultivated or cultured mind.

दोनों परिष्कृत, शिक्षित व्यक्ति के लिए हैं, और इस अर्थ में मिलते हैं। Cultivated का अर्थ 'खेती की गई' (ज़मीन) या 'उगाया हुआ' (पौधे) भी है; cultured का अर्थ 'नियंत्रित परिस्थितियों में कृत्रिम रूप से बनाया गया' भी है (cultured pearls, cultured bacteria)। A cultivated field, a cultured pearl, a cultivated या cultured mind।

§Grammar and usage

Three senses are tested: cultivated land, cultivated plants, a cultivated person.

तीनों अर्थ पूछे जाते हैं: cultivated land, cultivated plants, a cultivated person।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

Net cultivated area; shifting cultivation (jhum).

GK note: Net cultivated area (शुद्ध बोया गया क्षेत्र, यानी वह ज़मीन जिस पर असल में फ़सल उगाई जाती है); shifting cultivation (स्थानांतरित खेती), जिसे भारत के पूर्वोत्तर में झूम खेती कहा जाता है।