Meaning & use
cultivating
Deliberately developing or improving a skill, relationship, or quality over time through effort and attention.
See it in a sentence
The teacher focused on cultivating curiosity rather than simply testing memorized facts.
Farmers spend the spring cultivating the soil before planting their crops.
A note on using this word
Cultivating is used literally for growing plants and figuratively for developing skills, habits, or relationships.
Words with a similar meaning
nurturingdeveloping
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Words with an opposite meaning
neglecting
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