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

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How to pronounce agricultural?

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How to say agricultural in sign language?

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. Sarah Leah Whitson:

   The success of Israel's agricultural industry depends to a large extent on the labor of Thai migrant workers, but Israel is doing far too little to uphold their rights and protect them from exploitation.

2. Chuan Liao:

   But we still must minimise carbon emissions while pursuing agricultural development.

3. Collin Laverty:

   You will be expected to visit the agricultural market, speak with the owners of private restaurants, share your own life experiences with Cubans and, of course, to stay away from the beaches.

4. Prime Minister Tsipras:

   We need to support agricultural production which can be a tool to grow and exit the crisis.

5. Motoaki Seki:

   [ The ] external application of ethanol to plants would be a useful, simple and less expensive agricultural method to enhance drought tolerance in various plants.

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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
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agricultural
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=agricultural