nurture
to take care of
TRANSLATION
nurture = erziehen, aufziehen, nähren, schulen, bilden (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX nurture: approximately 12,000,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"I believe the U.S. will be able to maintain its leadership position in the global marketplace, but only if it takes action to encourage and NURTURE innovation."
(Industry Week magazine, Nance K. Dicciani, CEO, Honeywell Specialty Materials)
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NURTURE your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative statesman and literary figure
(Industry Week magazine, Nance K. Dicciani, CEO, Honeywell Specialty Materials)
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NURTURE your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative statesman and literary figure
Did you
know?
nurture
verb
- to take care of, feed and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help them to develop (She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.)
- to help a plan or a person to develop and be successful (As a record company director, his job is to nurture young talent.)
- to have a particular emotion, plan or idea for a long time (Winifred nurtured ambitions for her daughter to be a surgeon.)
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology: circa 1330 "breeding, upbringing," (noun form) from the Old French nourriture, meaning "nourishment," from the Lower Latin nutritia. The verb meaning "to feed or nourish" was first recorded around 1430.
We occasionally read or hear about the peculiar ways some parents nurture their children. Here is a scary example from Illinois:
Bubba Ludwig can't walk, talk or open the refrigerator door, but he does have his very own Illinois gun permit.
The 10-month-old, whose given name is Howard David Ludwig, was issued a firearm owner's identification card (FOID) after his father, Howard Ludwig, paid the $5 fee and filled out the application, not expecting to actually get one.
The card lists the baby's height (2 feet, 3 inches), weight (20 pounds) and has a scribble where the signature should be.
With some exceptions, the cards are required of any Illinois residents purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition within the state. There are no age restrictions on the cards, an official said.
(from townhall.com)
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SYNONYMS
bring up, cherish, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, feed, fetch up, foster, instruct, nourish, nurse, provide, raise, rear, school, support, sustain, tend, train, uphold
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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ANTONYMS
ignore, leave alone, neglect
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"After nurturing my assistant for the past couple of years, I think she’s ready for a promotion and more responsibility."
verb
- to take care of, feed and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help them to develop (She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.)
- to help a plan or a person to develop and be successful (As a record company director, his job is to nurture young talent.)
- to have a particular emotion, plan or idea for a long time (Winifred nurtured ambitions for her daughter to be a surgeon.)
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Etymology: circa 1330 "breeding, upbringing," (noun form) from the Old French nourriture, meaning "nourishment," from the Lower Latin nutritia. The verb meaning "to feed or nourish" was first recorded around 1430.
We occasionally read or hear about the peculiar ways some parents nurture their children. Here is a scary example from Illinois:
Bubba Ludwig can't walk, talk or open the refrigerator door, but he does have his very own Illinois gun permit.
The 10-month-old, whose given name is Howard David Ludwig, was issued a firearm owner's identification card (FOID) after his father, Howard Ludwig, paid the $5 fee and filled out the application, not expecting to actually get one.
The card lists the baby's height (2 feet, 3 inches), weight (20 pounds) and has a scribble where the signature should be.
With some exceptions, the cards are required of any Illinois residents purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition within the state. There are no age restrictions on the cards, an official said.
(from townhall.com)
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SYNONYMS
bring up, cherish, cultivate, develop, discipline, educate, feed, fetch up, foster, instruct, nourish, nurse, provide, raise, rear, school, support, sustain, tend, train, uphold
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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ANTONYMS
ignore, leave alone, neglect
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"After nurturing my assistant for the past couple of years, I think she’s ready for a promotion and more responsibility."
