nutrition B1 Topic:Education & Learning 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 nutrientnutritiousnutriture Common collocations healthful nutrition Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio. nutricion Old French nutritio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Education & Learning markdown