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say it: kuhl-ti-VAY-shuhn
cultivation is a noun meaning "socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners". It carries 5 recorded senses.
socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
“her cultivation was remarkable”
(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
farming
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
“they performed with great polish”
“I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose”
“almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art”
the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cultivation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.