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nurture
What does nurture mean?
nurture (verb): to encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use nurture in a sentence?
- Nurture his talents. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce nurture?
/ˈnɝtʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does nurture come from?
From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “nurture” mean?
to commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
Not quite: that's what dedicate means.
to move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
Not quite: that's what proceed means.
to kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground
Not quite: that's what punt means.
to encourage, especially the growth or development of something
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