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care

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noun

ˈker How to pronounce care (audio)
plural cares
1
: suffering of mind : grief
2
a
: a disquieted state of mixed uncertainty, apprehension, and responsibility
oppressed by sickness, grief, or care William Wordsworth
also : something that causes such a state : a particular worry, concern, etc.
Relax and leave all your cares behind.
b
: a cause for such anxiety
3
a
: painstaking or watchful attention
his gentlemen conduct me with all care to some securest lodging John Keats
see also take care
b
: maintenance
floor-care products
see also take care of
4
: regard coming from desire or esteem
a care for the common good
5
: charge, supervision
left the house in his care
especially : responsibility for or attention to health, well-being, and safety
under a doctor's care
see also health care, take care of
6
: a person or thing that is an object of attention, anxiety, or solicitude
The flower garden was her special care.

care

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verb

cared; caring

intransitive verb

1
a
: to feel trouble or anxiety
cared for his safety
b
: to feel interest or concern
care about freedom
2
: to give care
care for the sick
3
a
: to have a liking, fondness, or taste
don't care for your attitude
b
: to have an inclination
would you care for some pie

transitive verb

1
: to be concerned about or to the extent of
don't care what they say
doesn't care a damn
2
: wish
if you care to go
carer noun
Phrases
care less
: not to care
—used positively and negatively with the same meaning
I could care less what happensI couldn't care less what happens

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

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care, concern, solicitude, anxiety, worry mean a troubled or engrossed state of mind or the thing that causes this.

care implies oppression of the mind weighed down by responsibility or disquieted by apprehension.

a face worn by years of care

concern implies a troubled state of mind because of personal interest, relation, or affection.

crimes caused concern in the neighborhood

solicitude implies great concern and connotes either thoughtful or hovering attentiveness toward another.

acted with typical maternal solicitude

anxiety stresses anguished uncertainty or fear of misfortune or failure.

plagued by anxiety and self-doubt

worry suggests fretting over matters that may or may not be real cause for anxiety.

financial worries

Example Sentences

Noun She used care in selecting a doctor for her son. The children have inadequate medical care and little formal education. We need to provide poor people with better dental care. She wrote a book about car care. With proper care, the machine should last a decade or more. She is an expert on skin care. She knows a lot about the care and feeding of horses. She looks as if all the cares of the world are on her shoulders. Verb He doesn't care if he gets fired. I care what happens to her. On Valentine's Day, send her flowers to show that you care. I didn't know you cared. I wouldn't care to be in your shoes right now. I'm going for a walk. Would you care to join me? He'll show the photos to anyone who cares to see them. More factors influenced her decision than she cares to admit. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Jagiello lived in a mother-in-law's house above the garage and helped take care of her grandchildren Max, 9, and 4-year-old Charlotte. Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2022 But before the White Sox and Guardians lock horns again, Chicago will have to take care of business this weekend against the Tigers in Detroit. Michael Nwaneri, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 This kind of devotion has created a conundrum for stores, which must take care of their bottom lines without alienating customers. Michelle Toh And Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022 Owens, Fowler said, agreed to take care of the permits, security, portable bathrooms and other logistics. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2022 What can be more un-Christian than not trying to take care of our fellow human beings? Abc News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2022 Don’t forget to take care of your other period symptoms, too. Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 16 Sep. 2022 On this week of Shop Essence Live, Mimi Edwards of Alaffia schools us on how to take care of our coils using their brand new Beautiful Curls collection! Essence, 16 Sep. 2022 One easy way to determine this is to run your fingernail across the scratch—if your nail gets hung up in the valley of the scratch, these products likely won't take care of the problem. Collin Morgan And Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2022
Verb
Silveria, who had moved into the Beverly Hills Senior Care, the board and care home Rab frequently uses, agreed to another interview. Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 If the patient has no family to help with this, then the plan or care provider has to help fill those gaps. Tom Murphy, ajc, 6 Sep. 2022 But when the question of how people pleasers care for themselves comes up, Campbell finds that songwriting provides apt opportunity. Niko Stratis, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022 All of us should care more when those doing the dying aren’t blond-haired and blue-eyed or parking a bike share as the missiles explode. George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022 These are all people who are valuable to me, have a lot of advice and wisdom, and care about my happiness. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The difference, as Sontag would have reminded us, was the absence of political will--among both the left and the right--to care about, much less meaningfully address, the Syrian catastrophe. Vogue, 5 Sep. 2022 Fonda acknowledged that unlike many, she is privileged to have insurance, and access to the best doctors and care. Wire Reports, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 What are today’s issues that workers should care about? Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, "sorrow, distress, concern," going back to Old English cearu, caru, going back to Germanic *karō (whence also Old Saxon kara "sorrow, worry," Old High German chara, Old Norse kǫr "sickbed," Gothic kara "concern") perhaps going back to an Indo-European base *ǵeh2r-, *ǵh2r- "make a sound, cry," whence Old Irish ad-gair "(s/he) accuses, sues," Middle Irish gáir "shout, cry," Welsh gawr, Greek gêrys "voice, speech," Middle Persian zryg, zryq "sorrow, suffering," Ossetic (Iron dialect) zæl- "make a sound," zar- "sing"

Note: The original meaning of the Indo-European verb base was perhaps "bewail the deceased," which might account for the divergent meanings "sorrow, care" and "make a sound, cry"; though given that the former meaning is only attested in Iranian and Germanic (in which the putative sense "make a sound," if it ever existed, has left no trace), it may be more likely that two separate Indo-European bases, one perhaps sound-symbolic, have partially merged. Note that the Indo-European reconstruction *ǵeh2r-, *ǵh2r- is based solely on presumed canonical root structure, as the only attested vocalisms for the base are *gar- and *gār-. Latin garrīre "to chatter, jabber," with geminate r, may be an unrelated onomatopoeic formation.

Verb

Middle English caren "to grieve, be anxious, be solicitous," going back to Old English cearian, carian, going back to Germanic *karōjan- (whence Old Saxon karon "to lament," Old High German karōn, Gothic karon "to be concerned"), derivative of *karō "sorrow, worry" — more at care entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

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The first known use of care was before the 12th century

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