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care meaning

EN[kɛə] [keəɻ] [-ɛə(r)]
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    Definition of care in English Dictionary

  • NounPLcares
    1. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
      1. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
        1. Care should be taken when holding babies. ‎
      2. Worry.
        1. I don't have a care in the world. ‎
      3. Maintenance, upkeep.
        1. dental care ‎
      4. The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
        1. The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
      5. The state of being cared for by others.
        1. in care ‎
      6. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
      7. VerbSGcaresPRcaringPT, PPcared
        1. (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
          1. I don't care what you think. ‎
        2. (intransitive) To look after.
          1. Young children can learn to care for a pet. ‎
        3. (intransitive) To be mindful of.
          1. Polite or formal way to say want.
            1. Would you care for another slice of cake? ‎
            2. Would you care to dance? ‎
        4. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • This may be because primary care patients are less severely ill and delirium is generally infrequent in nonacute care settings.
            • So long as I get to claim my virtual waifu and our 30 virtual children as tax deductions, I don't really care if I can't touch her.
            • When more refined analyses with several poststratification dimensions are of interest, care should be taken with highly variable poststratification weights (see e.g. Vandendijck et al.)
          2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
            • Care must be taken lest the machine parallelize the fibers.
          3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • They all have been leading us down the garden path about health care.
            • Thus, although there is no similar report in the literature, we speculate that this finding may also reflect better macrohemodynamic care.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Abstract nouns
              • Countable nouns
                • Singularia tantum
                  • Uncountable nouns
                • Verbs
                  • Intransitive verbs
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                1. fr care
                2. en carefully
                3. en careful
                4. en career
                5. en cared
                Source: Wiktionary

                Meaning of care for the defined word.

                Grammatically, this word "care" is a noun, more specifically, an abstract noun, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.
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