agricultural

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tʃə.ɹəl/ UK /ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tjʊə.ɹəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #13122

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to farming or the growing of crops and raising of animals.

The region depends heavily on agricultural exports.
2

noun
A product or commodity produced by farming.

Prices for agriculturals such as wheat and corn rose sharply.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · relating to farming or the... agrarian

Word family

Derived forms agflationaggieagriculturaliseagriculturalismagriculturalistagriculturalizationagriculturalizeagriculturallyagrimationagripreneurantiagriculturalastroagricultural

Related forms agriculturally agriculture

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Phrases (2)

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Etymology

From agriculture + -al.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# agricultural

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tʃə.ɹəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tjʊə.ɹəl/
**Frequency rank:** 13122

## Meanings
1. Relating to farming or the growing of crops and raising of animals.
2. A product or commodity produced by farming.

## Examples
- The region depends heavily on agricultural exports.
- Prices for agriculturals such as wheat and corn rose sharply.

## Derived Forms
- agflation
- aggie
- agriculturalise
- agriculturalism
- agriculturalist
- agriculturalization
- agriculturalize
- agriculturally
- agrimation
- agripreneur
- antiagricultural
- astroagricultural

## Related Forms
- agriculturally
- agriculture

## Etymology
From agriculture + -al.

## AI Etymology
Agricultural is from agriculture plus -al. The adjectival suffix attaches the word to agriculture semantically, giving it the sense of being of, relating to, or characterized by the base. In use as an adjective and a noun, agricultural denotes relating to farming or the growing of crops and raising of animals and a product or commodity produced by farming. The same word family continues in derived forms such as agflation, aggie, agriculturalise, and agriculturalism and related entries such as agriculturally and agriculture.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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