- care
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 caring for sb/sthADJECTIVE▪ good, great▪
He loved his books and took great care of them.
▪ proper▪With proper care, the plants may last for fifty years.
▪ loving, tender▪She will need lots of tender loving care.
▪ private▪ voluntary (BrE)▪ constant, full-time▪ continuing, long-term▪ short-term, temporary▪ daily, day-to-day, routine▪ intensive▪Last night she was critically ill in intensive care.
▪an intensive care unit
▪ clinical, emergency, health, medical, nursing (esp. BrE), patient▪ hospital, inpatient, institutional, residential▪ outpatient▪ community▪ domiciliary (BrE, formal), home, home-based▪ primary, secondary, tertiary▪ antenatal (BrE), maternity, prenatal (esp. AmE)▪ dental▪ psychiatric▪ palliative (medical)▪ preventive (esp. AmE)▪ parental▪ formal, informal (both esp. BrE)▪The couple relied on informal care from relatives.
▪ foster▪ respite▪ public▪children in public care
▪ pastoral, spiritual▪ child (usually childcare), day▪Family members can provide child care with love and without charge.
▪ client (esp. BrE), customer▪ hair, skin (usually haircare, skincare)VERB + CARE▪ take▪He left his job to take care of his sick wife.
▪I'll take care of hiring the car.
▪ deliver, provide (sb with)▪We have improved the way doctors deliver care.
▪ need, require▪ receive▪ take sb into (BrE)▪The boys were taken into care when their parents died.
CARE + NOUN▪ services▪access to basic health-care services
▪ centre/center, facility, home, unit (all esp. BrE)▪ manager, worker▪ giver, provider▪ plan, policy, programme/program▪recent changes in health-care policy
▪ delivery▪ needs▪sensitive to the health-care needs of underserved groups
▪ package (= a package of food, etc. that is sent to sb) (AmE)▪ allowance (BrE)▪ order (BrE)PREPOSITION▪ in care▪He had been in foster care since he was five.
▪He was in care for five years. (BrE)
▪ in sb's care▪You won't come to any harm while you're in their care.
▪Many historic sites are in the care of the Trust.
▪ under the care of▪He's under the care of Dr Parks.
PHRASES▪ care of sb, in care of sb (AmE) (written on letters, etc. and usually abbreviated to c/o)▪ the quality of care, the standard of care2 attention/thought given to sthADJECTIVE▪ extreme, good, great▪Great care should be taken to ensure that the equipment is clean.
▪ extra, special▪ infinite, the utmost▪He takes the utmost care of his appearance.
▪ meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous (esp. BrE)▪The little girl was writing her name with painstaking care.
▪ due (formal), proper, reasonable▪The householder has a duty to take reasonable care for the visitor's safety.
VERB + CARE▪ exercise, take▪ need, require▪Transporting the specimens requires great care.
PREPOSITION▪ with care▪A label on the box read: ‘Glass—handle with care’.
▪ without care (BrE)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He was found guilty of driving without due care and attention.
verbADVERB▪ deeply, genuinely, a lot, passionately, really, truly▪ hardly, not greatly (esp. BrE), not much, not particularly▪He hardly cares what he does any more.
▪I don't know which she chose, nor do I greatly care.
▪ actually▪No one actually cared what I thought.
▪ enough▪The information is there for anyone who cares enough to find it.
PREPOSITION▪ about▪He really cares about the environment.
▪ for▪You genuinely care for him, don't you?
PHRASES▪ be past caring▪I'm past caring what he does(= I don't care any more).
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
