Study & education
cultivate
develop something deliberately
To cultivate something means to encourage it to grow or develop over time.
Hear it in real life
How did you become so confident speaking English?
I cultivated the habit of practising a little every day.
I am trying to cultivate better study habits this year.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I am cultivating myself a better study habit.
Say: I am cultivating a better study habit.
Cultivate takes the thing you develop directly, without a reflexive object.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
cultivate a mindset; cultivate a habit; cultivate relationships
Your turn: say it out loud
I am trying to cultivate better study habits this year.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
cultivate
develop something deliberately
“I am trying to cultivate better study habits this year.”
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