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nursingadjective [ before noun ]

uk ​ /ˈnɜː.sɪŋ/ us ​ /ˈnɝː.sɪŋ/

nursingnoun [ U ]

uk ​ /ˈnɜː.sɪŋ/ us ​ /ˈnɝː.sɪŋ/

nursing noun [ U ] (FEEDING)

› the act of a woman feeding a baby with milk from her breasts:

Nursing is preferable to bottle-feeding in most cases.

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(Definition of “nursing” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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nursingnoun [ U ]

us ​ /ˈnɜr·sɪŋ/

› the job of being a nurse:

She studied nursing at Northwestern University.

(Definition of “nursing” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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