care | Lernwerd

Forms

1.Close attention; concern; responsibility.
- Care should be taken when holding babies.
- ‘Have a care, Buquet, ghosts like not to be seen or talked about!’
2.Worry.
- I don’t have a care in the world.
3.Maintenance, upkeep.
- Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
4.The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
- 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.

1.To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
- I don’t care, I’m still going.
- She doesn’t care what you think.
- No longer mind if I go / You pray enough, I might fall / Down, down, down, down, down / Why should I care what happens to me? / Why should I care what happens to me?
2.To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards or interested in.(formal)
- I don’t care to hear your opinion.
- Would you care for another slice of cake?
- Would you care to dance?
3.To be affected by, to treat as relevant for a subsequent course of action.(informal)
- An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn’t care if there are any subscribers. It just fires the event and moves on.
4.(with for) To look after or look out for.
- Young children can learn to care for a pet.
- He cared for his mother while she was sick.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der.

Proto-Germanic *karō

Proto-West Germanic *karu

Old English caru

Middle English care

English care