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caring en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.

Meanings

  1. (of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
    • She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.

Forms

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most caring Degree=Sup lexicographic
more caring Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

uncaring · caringly · uncaringness · caringness · noncaring

Translations (17)

lv gādīgs (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · de fürsorglich (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · myv дошуж (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · fr attentionné (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · es cariñoso (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · lv rūpīgs (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · pl troskliwy (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · uk турбо́тливий (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · hy հոգատար (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · hu gondoskodó (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · fi huolehtivainen (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · no omsorgsfull (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · eo zorgema (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · ru забо́тливый (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · es cuidador (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · mi tūpore (kind, sensitive, empathetic) · nl zorgzaam (kind, sensitive, empathetic)

caring en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.

Meanings

  1. The act of one who cares.
    • As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings. 1988, Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Myth of Psychotherapy, page 183:

Forms

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carings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

childcaring · sandwich caring

Translations (1)

el νοιάξιμο (Translations)

caring en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of care
    form of care

Relateds

caring profession