Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nursing

/ˈnɝsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: nurs-ing
IPA: /ˈnɝsɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In the state of suckling young, lactating.

adj

Referring to nurses.

noun

Suckling, such as breastfeeding.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of nurse

Example Sentences

"The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older."
"The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital."
"She went into nursing as a career."
"Nursing is an art; and, if it is to be made an art, requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; […]"
"The mother sat there nursing her baby."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈnɝsɪŋ/
British English: /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more nursing (comparative) most nursing (superlative) nursings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonnursing nursingly nursingwear paranursing prenursing

Phrases

nursing cover barrier nursing certified nursing assistant nursing assistant nursing bottle nursing bra nursing chair nursing father

Synonyms

breast feeding

Rhymes With

reversing cursing rehearsing conversing traversing dispersing coercing reimbursing disbursing persing versing drynursing

Questions

How do you pronounce nursing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɝsɪŋ/.
What does nursing mean?: In the state of suckling young, lactating.

How to pronounce nursing

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