/keə/
Translation
To feel that someone or something is important to you.
Word origin
From Old English caru, meaning sorrow or worry, which later grew to mean concern for others.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- caru
Grammar
Examples
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"Care" means to feel that someone is important to you.
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"Cares" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Cared" is the past form of "care".
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