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- Dictionaryagricultural/ˌaɡrɪˈkʌltʃ(ə)rəl/
adjective
- 1. relating to agriculture: "agricultural land" Similar Opposite
- 2. (in a sporting context) clumsy: informal British "Keith took an agricultural swing at the ball"
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Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities.
adjective. uk / ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃ ə r. ə l / us / ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ. ə l / Add to word list. used for farming or relating to farming: The world's supply of agricultural land is shrinking fast. She's studying agricultural science. The country's economy is mainly agricultural (= based on farming). Fewer examples.
The meaning of AGRICULTURAL is of, relating to, used in, or concerned with agriculture. How to use agricultural in a sentence.
The meaning of AGRICULTURE is the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products. How to use agriculture in a sentence.
Agriculture definition: the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.. See examples of AGRICULTURE used in a sentence.
6 days ago · Origins of agriculture, the active production of useful plants or animals in ecosystems that have been created by people. Agriculture has often been conceptualized narrowly, in terms of specific combinations of activities and organisms—wet-rice production in Asia, wheat farming in Europe, cattle.
adjective. us / ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ. ə l / uk / ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃ ə r. ə l / Add to word list. used for farming or relating to farming: The world's supply of agricultural land is shrinking fast. She's studying agricultural science. The country's economy is mainly agricultural (= based on farming). Fewer examples.
the business, science, or activity of farming: Recent floods have devastated the state’s agriculture, with sharp declines in its production of corn, soy, and wheat crops. Over the past ten years the area’s labour force has shifted from agriculture to manufacturing. See also. extensive agriculture.
Definition of agricultural adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals. Ukraine is strong both in industry and agriculture. Synonyms: farming , culture , cultivation , husbandry More Synonyms of agriculture
