caring
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/
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/ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ · /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/
Definition of caring
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
“She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.”
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adj
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Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
“She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of care
noun
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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.”
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Etymology
From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.
Words you can make from caring
49 playable · top: ARCING (9 pts)
Best play arcing 9 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
6 words4-letter words
17 words3-letter words
17 words2-letter words
7 wordsHooks
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