nutrition
UK/njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən//nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
nutrition noun: the organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
Noun
nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)
- The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section...
- Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds.2016 September 16, Hailey Middlebrook, “Should you really feed a cold and starve a fever?”, in CNN
- The academic discipline around the scientific study of this process.
- That which nourishes; nutriment.
- I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.
nutrition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nutrition in Hindi
- nutrition
- पोषण poṣaṇ, खाद्य khādya, खाना khānā, ग़िज़ा ġizā, गिजा gijā
nutrition in Tamil
- ஊட்டச்சத்து
nutrition in Marathi
- पोषण
nutrition in Urdu
- nutrition
- غِذائِیَت ġizāiyat, غِذا ġizā, کھانا khānā
More languagesFewer languages
- nutrition in Bengali
- গেজা geja
- nutrition in Telugu
- పోషకాహారం, పోషణ
- nutrition in Malayalam
- പോഷണം pōṣaṇaṁ
- nutrition in Kannada
- ಪೋಷಕವಸ್ತು, ಪುಷ್ಟಿಕರವಾದ ಆಹಾರ, ಆರಯ್ಕೆ, ಪೋಷಣಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
- nutrition in Punjabi
- ਪੋਸ਼ਣ, ਪੌਸ਼ਟਿਕਤਾ
- nutrition in Gujarati
- પોષણ
- nutrition in Odia
- ପୁଷ୍ଟିସାଧନ
- nutrition in Nepali
- पोषण, पोषण-पोषण
- nutrition in Tagalog
- nutrisyon, paniyahan, paniya
- nutrition in Arabic
- تَغْذِيَة taḡḏiya, غِذَاء ḡiḏāʔ, إِطْعَام ʔiṭʕām, اِغْتِذَاء iḡtiḏāʔ
- nutrition in Indonesian
- nutrisi, gizi
- nutrition in Thai
- โภชนาการ poo-chá-naa-gaan, โภชนา poo-chá-naa
- nutrition in Vietnamese
- sự dinh dưỡng, dinh dưỡng
- nutrition in Myanmar
- အာဟာရ ahara.
Examples of nutrition in a sentence
- You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs.
- Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability.
- Proper nutrition is a cornerstone of geriatric health, yet it is often overlooked in home-care settings.
Forms of nutrition
| plural | nutritions |
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Origin of nutrition
Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.
Words formed from nutrition
- chrononutrition
- denutrition
- ethnonutrition
- hypernutrition
- hyponutrition
- immunonutrition
- innutrition
- macronutrition
- malnutrition
- micronutrition
- misnutrition
- nutrigenomics
- nutritial
- nutritional
- nutritionalist
- nutritionally
- nutritionism
- nutritionist
- nutritionless
- nutritionwise
- overnutrition
- paleonutrition
- paleonutritionist
- pharmaconutrition
- pseudonutrition
- renutrition
- subnutrition
- supernutrition
- telenutrition
- undernutrition
Phrases with nutrition
Words that rhyme with nutrition
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about nutrition
- What does nutrition mean?
- Nutrition means the organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- What is nutrition in Hindi?
- Nutrition in Hindi is पोषण (poṣaṇ), खाद्य (khādya), खाना (khānā). See Nutrition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nutrition?
- Nutrition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nutrition?
- Nutrition is pronounced /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nutrition?
- The plural of nutrition is nutritions.
Words near nutrition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nutrition (page history and authors); nutrition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nutrition (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nutrition (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nutrition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nutrition (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nutrition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nutrition (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nutrition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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