{
    "term": "care",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of caring for somebody/something and providing what they need for their health or protection",
            "sensetop": "care for somebody/somethingwith care",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some people were badly injured and needed **medical care**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We aim to continually improve the quality of **patient care**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The parents shared equally in the care of the children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company **provides care** older people living in their own homes.",
                    "contextForm": "care for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With proper care, the plants may last for fifty years.",
                    "contextForm": "with care"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**skin/hair care** products"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's still very frail and will need lots of tender loving care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple relied on informal care from relatives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have improved the way doctors deliver care."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages", "Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "great", "proper"],
                "verb + care": ["take", "deliver", "provide (somebody with)"],
                "care + noun": ["services", "centre/​center", "facility"],
                "preposition": ["in care", "in somebody’s care", "under the care of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "care of somebody",
                    "in care of somebody",
                    "the quality of care"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the fact of providing a home in an institution run by the local authority or with another family for children who cannot live with their parents",
            "sensetop": "in care",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most children in care live with foster carers.",
                    "contextForm": "in care"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two girls were **taken into care** after their parents were killed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had been in foster care since he was five."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mentors support teenagers leaving care."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "attention or thought that you give to something that you are doing so that you will do it well and avoid mistakes or damage",
            "sensetop": "with care",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Great care** is needed when choosing a used car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She chose her words with care.",
                    "contextForm": "with care"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fragile—handle with care *(= written on a container holding something that is easily broken or damaged)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consumers must exercise care when buying medicines online."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The little girl was writing her name with painstaking care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was charged with driving without due care and attention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Transporting the specimens requires great care."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["extreme", "good", "great"],
                "verb + care": ["exercise", "take", "need"],
                "preposition": ["with care", "without care"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a feeling of worry; something that causes problems or worries",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I felt free from the cares of the day as soon as I left the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sam looked as if he **didn't have a care in the world**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when writing to somebody at another person’s address",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Write to him care of his lawyer."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "being cared for by somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The child was left in the care of friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You won’t come to any harm while you’re in their care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many historic sites are in the care of the National Trust."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when saying goodbye",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Bye! Take care!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be careful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Take care (that) you don't spill any of it!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Care should be taken to close the lid securely."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to care for somebody/something/yourself; to be careful about something",
            "labels": "British English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who's taking care of the children while you're away?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She takes great care of her clothes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's old enough to take care of himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should take better care of yourself."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be responsible for or to deal with a situation or task",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't worry about the travel arrangements. They're all being taken care of."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Celia takes care of the marketing side of things."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "receiving medical care from somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's under the care of Dr Parks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "refugees under the care of the relief agencies"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/keə(r)/",
                "audio": "ca/care/care__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ker/",
                "audio": "ca/care/care__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English caru (noun), carian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German chara ‘grief, lament’, charon ‘grieve’, and Old Norse kǫr ‘sickbed’."
}