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Definition of "caring" []

  • Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others: "We formed Generations United to argue for a caring society” ( Jack Ossofsky). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "caring" in a sentence
  • "When we hear the calling and our caring is awakened, we respond, and then we are able to find solutions."
  • "The student, "Anne, a lovely, raven-haired woman in her mid-twenties," told Turkle point blank that she would "trade in her boyfriend 'for a sophisticated Japanese robot' if the robot would produce what she called 'caring behavior.'""
  • "I do not know that I am especially quick at what you call caring for young ladies."