caring

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/
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/ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ · /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/

Definition of caring

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
    “She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.”
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adj

  1. Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
    “She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.”

verb

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

noun

  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.”

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of caring

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Hooks

2 extensions · 1 front · 1 back

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