nutrition

US /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ UK /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ See IPA manual

Freq #16808

Meanings

1

noun
The food a living thing needs to grow and stay healthy.

Good nutrition is important for young children.
2

noun
The study of food and how it affects the body.

She earned a degree in nutrition.
3

noun
The process by which a living thing takes in and uses food.

Plants get their nutrition through their roots.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms chrononutritiondenutritionethnonutritionhypernutritionhyponutritionimmunonutritioninnutritionmacronutritionmalnutritionmicronutritionmisnutritionnutrigenomics

Related forms nutrient nutritiousnutriture

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Phrases (1)

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healthful nutrition
Nourishment that supports health and normal bodily functioning.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

nutricion Old French nutritio Latin

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# nutrition

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
**IPA (UK):** /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
**Frequency rank:** 16808

## Meanings
1. The food a living thing needs to grow and stay healthy.
2. The study of food and how it affects the body.
3. The process by which a living thing takes in and uses food.

## Examples
- Good nutrition is important for young children.
- She earned a degree in nutrition.
- Plants get their nutrition through their roots.

## Derived Forms
- chrononutrition
- denutrition
- ethnonutrition
- hypernutrition
- hyponutrition
- immunonutrition
- innutrition
- macronutrition
- malnutrition
- micronutrition
- misnutrition
- nutrigenomics

## Related Forms
- nutrient
- nutritious
- nutriture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nutricion
- Root: nutritio

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

## AI Etymology
Nutrition was borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio. The historical chain includes Old French nutricion and Latin nutritio. Modern senses include the food a living thing needs to grow and stay healthy and the study of food and how it affects the body. The wider word family includes derivatives such as chrononutrition, denutrition, ethnonutrition, hypernutrition, hyponutrition, and immunonutrition and related forms such as nutrient, nutritious, and nutriture.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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