Dictionary Definition
care
Noun
1 the work of caring for or attending to someone
or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needed
constant attention" [syn: attention, aid, tending]
2 judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he
exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with
care" [syn: caution,
precaution, forethought]
3 an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they
hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, fear]
4 a cause for feeling concern; "his major care
was the illness of his wife"
5 attention and management implying
responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn:
charge, tutelage, guardianship]
6 activity involved in maintaining something in
good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn:
maintenance,
upkeep]
Verb
1 feel concern or interest; "I really care about
my work"; "I don't care"
2 provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the
wounded" [syn: give
care]
3 prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to
try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
[syn: wish, like]
4 be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can
deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts";
"She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn:
manage, deal, handle]
5 be concerned with; "I worry about my grades"
[syn: worry]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
Old English cearu.Noun
- A concern or responsibility.
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- Care should be taken when holding babies.
- I don't have a care in the world.
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- The career/subject of looking after people.
- Not looked after by parents or foster parents (in care).
Derived terms
Translations
concern or responsibility
- Finnish: huoli
- German: Sorge
- Spanish: atención, cuidado, esmero
career/subject of looking after people
- Czech: péče
- Finnish: hoitoala
- German: Pflege
not looked after by parents or foster parents
(in care)
- Finnish: huosta
- German: Pflege
Quotations
- 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 2
Old English carian.Verb
- To be concerned about, have an interest in.
- I don't care what you think.
- To look after.
- Young children can learn to care for a pet.
- To be mindful of.
- Polite or formal way to say want.
- Would you care for another cake?
- Would you care to dance?
- Would you care for another cake?
Usage notes
- 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
Translations
to be concerned about
- Finnish: välittää
- German: sorgen
to look after
- Czech: pečovat, starat se
- Finnish: hoitaa, huolehtia
- German: kümmern
to be mindful of
- Finnish: välittää
- German: kümmern
to want, politely
- Finnish: tahtoisitko (verb in conditional)
- German: respektieren
- ttbc Chinese: 擔心/担心, 關心/关心1
- ttbc Indonesian: merawat, mengasuh, membina, peduli, perduli, acuh
- ttbc Japanese: 世話をする (せわをする, sewa wo suru), 面倒見る (めんどうみる, mendō-miru)
- ttbc Kurdish: ,
- ttbc Old English: carian (1)
- ttbc Romanian: păsa
- ttbc Serbian: skrbiti (2)
- ttbc Slovene: skrbeti (2)
- ttbc Vietnamese: để ý (đến) (1, 3), nuôi (2), thương (in a loving sense)
Italian
Adjective
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Etymology
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Care may be:
- Health care,
the maintenance of health by the medical professions
- Care of residents, health care provided in a home
- Home care, health care provided in the patient's home
- Foster care
- Duty of care in tort law
- Ethics of care in moral theory
- Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education The book by Nel Noddings
- Care, a former rock band from Liverpool
CARE may be an acronym for:
- CARE (relief), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, an international humanitarian agency
- CARE (New Zealand), Citizen’s Association for Racial Equality, a New Zealand anti-apartheid movement
- Christian Action Research and Education A UK group seeking to bring "Christian insight and experience to matters of public policy and practical caring initiatives."
- Credit Abuse Resistance Education, Credit Abuse Resistence Education, a United States nationwide financial education group
See also
care in German: Sorge
care in French: Souci
care in Dutch: CARE
care in Russian: Забота
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
TLC,
abetment, accordance, accountability, acquittal, acquittance, adherence, administration, adverse
circumstances, adversity, advertence, advertency, advocacy, aegis, affliction, agency, agentship, aggravation, agitation, agony, alarm, alertness, all-overs, angst, anguish, annoyance, anticipation, anxiety, anxiety hysteria,
anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat,
anxiousness,
apprehension,
apprehensiveness,
assiduity, assiduousness, assignment, attend to,
attention, attention
span, attentiveness, auspices, austerity, austerity program,
authority, authorization, awareness, backing, be affected, be
concerned, be fond of, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be
moved, be responsible for, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter
draught, bitter pill, blight, bossing, bread, brevet, bummer, burden, burden of care, calculation, cankerworm of
care, canniness, care
about, care for, careful consideration, carefulness, carking care,
carrying out, catch the flame, catch the infection, caution, cautiousness, championship, change color,
charge, chariness, charity, circumspection, circumspectness, color
with emotion, commission, commissioning, commitment, compliance, concentration, concern, concernment, conduct, conformance, conformity, consciousness, consider, consideration, consignment, consternation, control, countenance, cross, crown of thorns, cure, curiosity, curse, custodianship, custody, daily bread, delegated
authority, delegation, deliberate
stages, deliberateness, deliberation, deputation, devolution, devolvement, difficulties, difficulty, dig, diligence, direction, discharge, discretion, dismay, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dole, dolor, downer, dread, ear, earnestness, echo, economic planning, economic
support, economicalness, economy, economy of means,
effort, embassy, empathize with,
empowerment,
encouragement,
encumbrance,
endowment, enthusiasm, entrusting, entrustment, errand, execution, executorship, exequatur, exertion, eye, factorship, false economy,
fancy, favor, fear, foreboding, forebodingness, forehandedness, forethought, fosterage, fret, frugality, frugalness, fulfillment, full power,
gall, gall and wormwood,
gingerliness, good
management, goodwill,
governance, government, grief, grievance, guardedness, guardianship, guarding, guidance, handling, hands, hard knocks, hard life,
hard lot, hardcase,
hardship, heartache, heartbreak, heartfelt grief,
heartgrief, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, heeding, hesitation, hold, husbandry, identify with,
infliction, inquietude, intendance, intentiveness, intentness, interest, irritation, judiciousness, jurisdiction, keep, keeping, lamentation, languishment, legation, license, lieutenancy, like, livelihood, living, load, look after, love, loving care, maintenance, malaise, management, manna, means of dealing, meat, meticulousness, mind, mindfulness, ministry, misery, misgiving, mission, mothering, nervous strain,
nervous tension, nervousness, note, notice, nourishment, nurse, nurture, observance, observation, office, oppression, overanxiety, oversight, pack of troubles,
pains, parsimoniousness,
parsimony, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, pawkiness, pay attention, peck
of troubles, performance, perturbation, pining, pins and needles,
plenipotentiary power, plight, power of attorney, power
to act, practice,
predicament,
preparedness,
pressure, preventive
custody, price support, prior consultation, procuration, prostration, protect, protection, protective
custody, protectorship, provide
for, providence,
provision, proxy, prudence, prudential
administration, prudentialness, pucker, punctiliousness,
purview, react, reck, regard, regardfulness, regency, regentship, regret, relate to emotionally,
remark, respect, respond, responsibility, rigor, rue, running, sadness, safe hands, safekeeping, safeness, safety first,
satisfaction, sea
of troubles, seconding, share, slowness to act, solicitude, sorrow, sorrowing, sparingness, sponsorship, stew, stewardship, strain, stress, stress of life, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, suffering, superintendence,
superintendency,
supervision,
support, surveillance, suspense, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, sympathize
with, sympathy, take an
interest, take care of, take charge of, task, tend, tender loving care, tension, tentativeness, think, thorn, thoroughness, thought, thoughtfulness, thrift, thriftiness, tight purse
strings, treatment,
trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, trust, trusteeship, tutelage, uncommunicativeness,
unease, uneasiness, unprecipitateness,
unquietness,
unwastefulness,
upkeep, upset, usage, vale of tears, vexation, vicarious authority,
vicissitude,
vigilance, ward, wardenship, wardship, warrant, watch and ward, watch
over, watchfulness,
waters of bitterness, weight, wing, woe, worry, zeal