care
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɛə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /keəɻ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English care, from Old English caru, ċearu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), 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, care”). Related also to Dutch karig (“scanty”), German karg (“sparse, meagre, barren”), Latin garriō, Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus). See chary.
NounEdit
care (countable and uncountable, plural cares)
- (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.V:
- Than Feraunte his cosyn had grete care and cryed full lowde […].
- Macbeth, Shakespeare:
- Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care […].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.V:
- Close attention; concern; responsibility.
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Care should be taken when holding babies.
- Shakespeare
- I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.
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- Worry.
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I don't have a care in the world.
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- Maintenance, upkeep.
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dental care
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- Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
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- The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
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2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:
- 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.
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- The state of being cared for by others.
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in care
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- The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
- Spenser
- Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares.
- Spenser
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from care (noun)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
close attention, concern or responsibility
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worry
maintenance, upkeep
treatment of those in need
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state of being cared for
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QuotationsEdit
- 1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
- ‘Have a care, Buquet—ghosts like not to be seen or talked about!’
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English caren, carien, from Old English carian (“to sorrow, grieve, be troubled, be anxious, to care for, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *karōną (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵār-, *gÀr- (“voice, exclamation”). Cognate with Middle High German karn (“to complain, lament, grieve, mourn”), Alemannic German karen, kären (“to groan, wheeze, give a death rattle”), Swedish kära (“to fall in love”), Icelandic kæra (“to care, like”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (karōn, “to be concerned”).
VerbEdit
care (third-person singular simple present cares, present participle caring, simple past and past participle cared)
- (intransitive) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
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I don't care what you think.
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1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
- And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
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2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- This newfound infatuation renders Bart uncharacteristically vulnerable. He suddenly has something to care about beyond causing trouble and makes a dramatic transformation from hell-raiser to gentleman about town.
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- (intransitive) To look after.
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Young children can learn to care for a pet.
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- (intransitive) To be mindful of.
- (intransitive) Polite or formal way to say want.
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Would you care for another slice of cake?
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Would you care to dance?
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Usage notesEdit
- Sense 4. Most commonly found as an interrogative or negative sentence.
- Sense 4. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to be concerned about
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to look after
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to be mindful of
to want, politely
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StatisticsEdit
Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: following · fell · different · #388: care · war · short · able
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /kaʁ/
- Homophones: car, carent, cares, carre, carrent, carre, quarre, quarres, quarrent, quart, quart
VerbEdit
care
- first-person singular present indicative of carer
- third-person singular present indicative of carer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of carer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of carer
- second-person singular imperative of carer
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
carē
AdjectiveEdit
cāre
ReferencesEdit
- care in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- care in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “care” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin quālis, quālem.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
care
- which
- Care din aceste jocuri este nou? - Which of these games is new?
InflectionEdit
declension of care
PronounEdit
care
- which, that, who
- El este un om care a văzut foarte multe lucruri. - He is a man who has seen very many things.