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care

Pronunciation: /kɛə/

The English word “care” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
  2. Worry.
  3. Maintenance, upkeep.
  4. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
  5. The state of being cared for by others.
  6. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
  7. Grief, sorrow.

verb

  1. To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
  2. To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards or interested in.
  3. To be affected by, to treat as relevant for a subsequent course of action.
  4. (with for) To look after or look out for.
  5. To mind; to object.

Etymology

From Middle English care, from Old English caru, ċearu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with Old Saxon cara, kara (“concern, action”), Middle High German kar (“sorrow, lamentation”), Icelandic kör (“sickbed”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (kara, “concern,…

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