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Newguest Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Feeding into the other

Hi

Many vicious cycles exist, each feeding into the other, and spiraling toward chronic disease.

---- Does "feeding into the other" mean that they nurture each other?
  

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Your basic understanding of the meaning is correct, but I wouldn't use "nurture" (which has a positive connotation) in that context. It means: One cycle forms (part of) the input to, and thereby promotes another.

— Teechr

  • Your basic understanding of the meaning is correct, but I wouldn't use "nurture" (which has a positive connotation) in that context.
  • It means: One cycle forms (part of) the input to, and thereby promotes another.
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Your basic understanding of the meaning is correct, but I wouldn't use "nurture" (which has a positive connotation) in that context.

It means:
One cycle forms (part of) the input to, and thereby promotes another.
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So it's more like "one supports another".

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