nursing B2 Topic:Work & Careers US /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ UK /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #6667 Meanings 1 noun The job or skill of caring for sick or injured people as a nurse. She went into nursing as a career. 2 verb Present participle of nurse: caring for someone who is ill, or feeding a baby at the breast. The mother sat there nursing her baby. 3 adj Relating to nurses or their work. The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital. Thesaurus Word family Forms nursings Derived forms nonnursingnursinglynursingwearparanursingprenursing Common collocations nursing aide Noun + noun Topics Work & Careers Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nursing **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈnɝsɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈnɜːsɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 6667 ## Meanings 1. The job or skill of caring for sick or injured people as a nurse. 2. Present participle of nurse: caring for someone who is ill, or feeding a baby at the breast. 3. Relating to nurses or their work. ## Examples - She went into nursing as a career. - The mother sat there nursing her baby. - The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital. ## Derived Forms - nonnursing - nursingly - nursingwear - paranursing - prenursing ## Topics - Work & Careers - Health & Medicine markdown