Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [kair]
- /kɛər/
- /keə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kair]
- /kɛər/
Definitions of care word
- verb care If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it. 3
- verb care If you care for someone, you feel a lot of affection for them. 3
- verb care If you care for someone or something, you look after them and keep them in a good state or condition. 3
- verb care Care is also a noun. 3
- uncountable noun care Children who are in care are looked after by the state because their parents are dead or unable to look after them properly. 3
- verb care If you say that you do not care for something or someone, you mean that you do not like them. 3
Information block about the term
Origin of care
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English caru, cearu, cognate with Gothic kara, Old High German chara “lament”
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Care
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
care popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
care usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for care
verb care
- watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- tend — to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
- protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- attend — If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
noun care
- upkeep — the process or activity of providing an establishment, machine, person, etc., with necessary or proper maintenance, repairs, support, or the like: The machine's faulty operation shows that no one has attended to its upkeep.
- maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- attention — If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
Antonyms for care
verb care
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
noun care
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
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