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care
Noun
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Care is the act of helping someone, especially sick people, the very young or the very old.
He decided not to seek health care from a hospitals.
We take the kids to child care during the week.
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If you take care of someone, you watch them so that there is no trouble.
You're going to need someone to take care of you when you get older.
We'll be taking real good care of you. I promise.
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If you take care of a problem, you fix it or arrange it.
Don's worry. Pearl and Edward will take care of things.
We go in, do our job, and take care of what we need to take care of.
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You say "Take care!" when you are leaving somebody.
That's it. All right. Jim, good to see you. Take care.
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You say "Take care!" when you want somebody to do something safely.
Go slowly and take care not to touch anything.
Care should be taken when holding eggs.
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Care is the act of keeping something in a good condition.
I'm caring for the house while they're away.
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A Care is a worry, concern, or something that you think about often.
I don't have a care in the world.
care
Verb
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If you don't care about something, you don't think about it often or have a concern for it; it doesn't matter.
I don't care what happens to my car.
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If you care about something, you think it is important.
He only cares about his car.
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If you care for somebody, look after
Young children can learn to care for a pet.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
elderly
Adjective
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If a person is elderly, they are old.
The hospital had a number of elderly patients who had been there for many years.
He was very elderly, but not at all sad and small.
This resort is a good choice for the elderly as the area is very flat and there is plenty to see and do nearby.