Definitions for AGRICULTURAL
agri·cul·tur·al

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1. agriculturaladjective

   relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming

   "agricultural engineering"; "modern agricultural (or farming) methods"; "agricultural (or farm) equipment"; "an agricultural college"

2. agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)adjective

   relating to rural matters

   "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"

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1. agriculturaladjective

   Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, et cetera.

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1. agricultural

   Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. 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. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago. After gathering wild grains beginning at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers began to plant them around 11,500 years ago. Sheep, goats, pigs and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture in the twentieth century came to dominate agricultural output, though about 2 billion people still depended on subsistence agriculture. The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials (such as rubber). Food classes include cereals (grains), vegetables, fruits, cooking oils, meat, milk, eggs, and fungi. Over one-third of the world's workers are employed in agriculture, second only to the service sector, although in recent decades, the global trend of a decreasing number of agricultural workers continues, especially in developing countries, where smallholding is being overtaken by industrial agriculture and mechanization that brings an enormous crop yield increase. Modern agronomy, plant breeding, agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological developments have sharply increased crop yields, but cause ecological and environmental damage. Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal welfare and environmental damage. Environmental issues include contributions to global warming, depletion of aquifers, deforestation, antibiotic resistance, and other agricultural pollution. Agriculture is both a cause of and sensitive to environmental degradation, such as biodiversity loss, desertification, soil degradation, and global warming, all of which can cause decreases in crop yield. Genetically modified organisms are widely used, although some are banned in certain countries.

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1. agricultural

   Agricultural refers to everything related to cultivating land, raising crops, and the rearing of animals for food, wool, and other products. It involves practices and activities for the purpose of farming, including irrigation, crop rotation, fertilizing, and pest control among others. It also can describe anything related to or associated with farming and farm life.

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1. Agriculturaladjective

   of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc

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1. agricultural

   Relating to agriculture or farming.

   Agricultural products normally are produced on a farm.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AGRICULTURAL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2631

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AGRICULTURAL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2020

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AGRICULTURAL' in Adjectives Frequency: #333

How to pronounce AGRICULTURAL?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of AGRICULTURAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of AGRICULTURAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of AGRICULTURAL in a Sentence

1. John Mukum Mbaku:

   It is generally believed that Egypt received such favorable terms( during colonial times)... because the country was very important to the United Kingdom's agricultural interests, particularly its cotton fields.

2. Rosemarie North:

   The floods, landslides and tropical Cyclone Komen did a lot of damage to agricultural land, salt production, shrimp farming and fishing.

3. Labor Secretary Seth Harris:

   Car companies are saying they're not able to continue production. Retailers are losing access to product. Agricultural products are rotting in their containers because they can't be shipped overseas, when all that economic impact began to be felt, it became very difficult for the President to do nothing. If Secretary Perez determines that there's no hope of reaching an agreement, the President could be forced to make a difficult choice. . Under the Taft-Hartley Act,, if the President concludes that a strike or labor dispute is a threat to the country's health or safety, he can go to court and seek an injunction to force everybody back to work. This is where a labor dispute could become a more complicated political issue. President Barack Obama is on track to send Congress legislation that will give President Barack Obama fast-track trade authority, an essential tool to win congressional approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim nations, making it the largest trade deal in American history. The labor movement is generally strongly opposed to fast-track authority and the Trans Pacific Partnership.

4. Steven Bohlen:

   Thus far, testing of water supply wells by the State Water Resources Control Board has revealed no contamination of water used for drinking or agricultural purposes related to underground injection by the oil and gas industry. We intend to keep it that way.

5. Kathy Willis:

   There's a huge change going on, mainly agricultural change and land for urbanization.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AGRICULTURAL
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Agricultural
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AGRICULTURAL