"caring" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-caring.ogg [US] Forms: more caring [comparative], most caring [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Etymology: From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|care|ing}} care + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} caring (comparative more caring, superlative most caring)
  1. (of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic. Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: uncaring Translations (kind, sensitive, empathetic): հոգատար (hogatar) (Armenian), zorgzaam (Dutch), дошуж (došuž) (Erzya), zorgema (Esperanto), huolehtivainen (Finnish), attentionné (French), fürsorglich (German), gondoskodó (Hungarian), gādīgs (Latvian), rūpīgs (Latvian), tūpore (Maori), omsorgsfull (Norwegian), troskliwy (Polish), забо́тливый (zabótlivyj) (Russian), cariñoso (Spanish), турбо́тливий (turbótlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-caring-en-adj-1mRBtbJN Disambiguation of Personality: 74 6 20

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-caring.ogg [US] Forms: carings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Etymology: From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|care|ing}} care + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} caring (plural carings)
  1. The act of one who cares. Derived forms: sandwich caring Translations (Translations): νοιάξιμο (noiáximo) [neuter] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-caring-en-noun-d-2j4uWW

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-caring.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Etymology: From care + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|care|ing}} care + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} caring
  1. present participle and gerund of care Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: care Related terms: caring profession
    Sense id: en-caring-en-verb-RaGWoWwQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 11 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 12 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 15 18 67

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈkɛə.ɹɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹ.ɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-caring.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/En-us-caring.ogg/En-us-caring.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-us-caring.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "noiáximo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "νοιάξιμο"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caring"
}

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