Words / B1

AGR-ik-ulch-uh/ˈæɡrɪkʌltʃə/

Agriculture is farming: growing crops and keeping animals for food. Farming is the everyday twin; agribusiness is the industrial side. Agricultural is the adjective: agricultural land; agricultural policy. In news English it often appears with subsidies, exports, and climate. Do not use agriculture for a single garden or allotment — that is gardening. The related noun farmer is the person.

Meaning

Farming: growing crops and keeping animals for food.

Examples

• “Agriculture is still important in this part of the country.”
• “Agricultural land around the town is being sold for housing.”
• “The government announced a new policy to support agriculture.”

Good to know

farming as an industry. Adjective: agricultural land / policy. Everyday: farming. Garden scale: gardening.

Near in meaning

farming

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