Nurture

Word NURTURE
Character 7
Hyphenation nur ture
Pronunciations /ˈnɜːɹ.tʃəɹ/

Definitions and meanings of "Nurture"

What do we mean by nurture?

The action of raising or caring for offspring. noun

The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity. noun

The fostering or overseeing of the development of something. noun

Something that nourishes; sustenance. noun

To raise or educate (a child, for example). transitive verb

To encourage or help develop; cultivate. transitive verb

To provide sustenance for; nourish. transitive verb

To feed; nourish.

To educate; bring or train up.

Synonyms and Nurse, Nourish, Nurture. These words are of the same origin. Nurse has the least, and nourish much, of figurative use. Nurture expresses most of thoughtful care and moral discipline: it is not now used in any but this secondary sense.

To instruct, school, rear, breed, discipline.

The act of supplying with nourishment; the act or process of cultivating or promoting growth. noun

Upbringing; training; discipline; instruction; education; breeding, especially good breeding. noun

Nourishment; that which nourishes; food; diet. noun

Synonyms Training, Discipline, etc. (see instruction), schooling. noun

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training. noun

That which nourishes; food; diet. noun

To feed; to nourish. transitive verb

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

That which nourishes; food; diet.

The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").

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The word "nurture" in example sentences

˜evolutionary biopsychosocial model™ is meant to encompass the life-history connection between specific components of nature and specific components of nurture that can be expressed teleologically either as ˜nature operates via nurture™ or ˜nurture operates via nature.™ ❋ Holcomb, Harmon (2005)

The industry the farmers are trying to nurture is also - like most markets in China - plagued with fakes. ❋ William Wan Washington Post Foreign Service (2010)

But the leading edge, the next Boom economy that the state not only needs to nurture but has already begun to nurture, is in greentech. ❋ William Bradley (2010)

It's important to realize that for evaluating the likelihood of Idiocracy or Freakonomics, it doesn't particularly matter whether nature or nurture is the driving force in molding the next generation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the top of the list is the need for the child to receive unconditional love, empathy and nurture from a parent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And in that book authors portrayed the opinion that nurture is what makes us what we are. ❋ Darwi (2009)

My question about nurture is in response to this remark byÂyou: ❋ Unknown (2010)

As Janett Scott, former president of the Beaumont Society, says in the article: “Nature may have made us the way that we are, but nurture is what gives us a problem”. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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