Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Suckling, such as breastfeeding.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

    She went into nursing as a career.

    медсе́стринское де́лоmedséstrinskoje délo, се́стринское де́лоséstrinskoje délo, ухо́дuxód

    the profession of a nurse

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Tom lives in a nursing home.

    deTom lebt in einem Pflegeheim.

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  2. Tom works in a nursing home.

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  3. Tom was put in a nursing home.

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  4. Your mother is in a nursing home, isn't she?

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  5. Tom is nursing his drink.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
caring for patients:

Forms

plural: nursings
Singularnursing
Pluralnursings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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