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care

/kɛr/ /keə/
  1. 1
    önemsemek, değer vermek

    To feel that someone or something is important and worth your interest or worry.

    • Do you care about the environment?
      Çevreyi önemsiyor musun?
    • She cares deeply about her family and friends.
      Ailesine ve arkadaşlarına çok değer veriyor.
  2. 2
    umursamak, aldırmak

    To be worried or interested, used mostly in negatives and questions.

    • I don't care what he thinks of me.
      Benim hakkımda ne düşündüğünü umursamıyorum.
    • Who cares if we're a few minutes late?
      Birkaç dakika geç kalsak kimin umurunda?
  3. 3
    (birine) bakmak, ilgilenmek

    To look after someone who is ill, very old or very young.

    • She cares for her elderly parents every day.
      Her gün yaşlı anne babasına bakıyor.
    • Nurses cared for the patients day and night.
      Hemşireler gece gündüz hastalarla ilgilendi.
  4. 4
    sevmek

    To love someone, used in 'care for'.

    • He told her that he still cared for her.
      Ona, kendisini hâlâ sevdiğini söyledi.
    • I know that you care for him very much.
      Onu çok sevdiğini biliyorum.
  5. 5
    istemek, hoşlanmak Formal

    To want or to like something, used in polite offers and negatives.

    • Would you care for some more coffee?
      Biraz daha kahve ister misiniz?
    • I don't much care for horror films.
      Korku filmlerinden pek hoşlanmam.

Verb Forms Regular

Base care
/kɛr/
Past cared
/kɛrd/
Participle cared
/kɛrd/
Spelling rule

Ends in ‑e: add ‑dcare → cared

Fiil -e ile bittiği için sonuna yalnızca -d eklenir.

Same rule: love → loved · live → lived · use → used

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /r/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. cared /kɛrd/

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Collocations

care aboutcare forI don't careWho cares?couldn't care lesscare deeplyWould you care for…?for all I care

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