"caretake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: caretakes [present, singular, third-person], caretaking [participle, present], caretook [past], caretaken [participle, past]
Etymology: care + take, as a back-formation from caretaker or caretaking. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|care|take}} care + take, {{back-formation|en|caretaker|nocap=1}} back-formation from caretaker, {{m|en|caretaking}} caretaking Head templates: {{en-verb|caretakes|caretaking|caretook|caretaken}} caretake (third-person singular simple present caretakes, present participle caretaking, simple past caretook, past participle caretaken)
  1. (transitive) To look after as a caretaker. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-caretake-en-verb-PoM6aIrI Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for caretake meaning in English (1.7kB)

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