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How to pronounce nurture in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms raising, rearing
Type of upbringing
Type Words
Synonyms foster
Type of encourage
Has types patronise, patronage, keep going, support, serve well, serve, patronize


nurture his talents.
Type Words
Synonyms nourish, sustain
Type of provide, ply, cater, supply
Has types carry
Derivation nurturance
Type Words
Synonyms breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, raising, rearing, upbringing
Type of acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization
Derivation nurtural


they debated whether nature or nurture was more important.
Type Words
Synonyms bring up, parent, raise, rear
Has types foster, fledge, cradle

Examples of nurture

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Amazingly, the country staggered on without guidance and nurture from Uncle Sam.
From the forbes.com
The best recruiters build a strong network that they grow, nurture and tap into.
From the forbes.com
Except his combination of factors, both nature and nurture, are close to unique.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
If that's what it takes to nurture young aesthetes in a YouTube world, so be it.
From the washingtonpost.com
But it also points to the PSDB's failure to nurture a new generation of leaders.
From the economist.com
Adoptive parents are usually people who cannot wait to love and nurture a child.
From the dailyherald.com
At school, boys and girls learn to link men's military deeds to women's nurture.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Or is it about career vs. parenthood, nature vs. nurture, free to be you and me?
From the orlandosentinel.com
To sustain the connections you've made, you need to nurture those relationships.
From the business.time.com
More examples
  • Foster: help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"
  • Raising: the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
  • Breeding: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
  • Rear: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
  • Nourish: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
  • "Nature versus nurture" is a term coined http://books.google.com/books?id=GkMJDdcL7QUC&pg=PA35&dq=Nature+versus+nurture+galton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=1&as_miny_is=1800&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=1900&as_brr=0&cd=7#v=onepage&q&f=false by the English Victorian polymath Francis Galton regarding ...
  • The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training; That which nourishes; food; diet; The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature; to nourish or nurse
  • Theory that holds that physical and cognitive development is determined by environmental factors
  • The social environment in which biological potentials are expressed and developed.