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Spell Bee Word: cultivation


Basic Details

Word: Cultivation

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The work of preparing land and growing crops on it; also the careful growing of a skill or quality.

Synonyms: farming, agriculture, tilling, growing

Antonyms: neglect

How to Spell Cultivation

Syllables: cul - ti - va - tion

Tricky part: The vowels after cult are i then a: cult-i-va-tion. The end is tion, not sion.

Watch out for: cultivasion, cultavation, cultivaton

Memory tip: Write cultivate, drop its final e and add ion. Every letter of cultivate up to the t stays as it is.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Rice cultivation needs plenty of water.

Example 2: Punjab is known for the cultivation of wheat.

Example 3: The cultivation of good habits starts at a young age.

Fun Fact

Cultivation and culture both go back to the Latin colere, which meant to till the land and to look after it.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: cultivation

a) farming
b) neglect
c) destruction
d) drought

Show answer

a) farming. Cultivating land means farming it; neglect is the opposite.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) plantaton
b) cultivation
c) germinasion
d) irigation

Show answer

b) cultivation. Cultivation is right; irrigation needs two r's, germination ends in tion and plantation needs its i.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

cult_v_tion

a) e, a
b) i, a
c) i, i
d) a, a

Show answer

b) i, a. It sounds like cul-ti-va-tion, so an i goes before v and an a after it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is part of cultivation?

a) flying a kite
b) ploughing a field
c) reading a map
d) painting a car

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b) ploughing a field

2. Land under cultivation is land that is ____.

a) covered in ice
b) empty and unused
c) under the sea
d) being farmed

Show answer

d) being farmed

Associated Words

explanationexcitabledieticianambitiouschampionship
negligentendangeredperhapsrespectdocumentary

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