Caring
adjective
Showing kindness and concern for others.
He is a very caring person, always ready to help anyone in need.
Often appears as...
- caring person
- caring attitude
noun
The work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially due to illness or age.
She devoted her life to the caring of the elderly.
Often appears as...
- caring for the elderly
- caring profession
Usage tips
Medical
adjective
Showing kindness and concern for others.
He is a very caring person, always ready to help anyone in need.
Often appears as...
- caring person
- caring attitude
noun
The work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially due to illness or age.
She devoted her life to the caring of the elderly.
Often appears as...
- caring for the elderly
- caring profession
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Connection
Use 'caring' to describe someone who emotionally invests in others' wellbeing.
She became a counselor because she has a caring heart.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Action
'Caring' implies more than doing nice things; it also means genuine concern.
Despite his tough exterior, his caring words comforted her.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Attribute
Describing someone as 'caring' is always complimentary.
He earned the ‘Employee of the Month’ for his caring approach to customers.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Connection
Use 'caring' to describe someone who emotionally invests in others' wellbeing.
She became a counselor because she has a caring heart.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Action
'Caring' implies more than doing nice things; it also means genuine concern.
Despite his tough exterior, his caring words comforted her.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Attribute
Describing someone as 'caring' is always complimentary.
He earned the ‘Employee of the Month’ for his caring approach to customers.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Connection
Use 'caring' to describe someone who emotionally invests in others' wellbeing.
She became a counselor because she has a caring heart.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Action
'Caring' implies more than doing nice things; it also means genuine concern.
Despite his tough exterior, his caring words comforted her.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Attribute
Describing someone as 'caring' is always complimentary.
He earned the ‘Employee of the Month’ for his caring approach to customers.
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Video examples
The psychology of...
Imagine that instead of caring for your spouse or children, you used them as a source of attention or admiration. Or imagine that instead of seeking constructive feedback about your performance, you instead told everyone who tried to help you that they were wrong. So what causes narcissism?
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Filming The World's...
people think it is full of deadly stuff and it is but it's maybe it's not their ability to to fight and be deadly that's the key to the success maybe it's their parental care maybe it's their incredible adaptation so this deadliest bird in the world could also be a very caring parent
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The three different ways...
Even after the baby kangaroo leaves this warm haven, she'll return to suckle milk. Sometimes, she's just one of three babies her mother is caring for. A female kangaroo can often simultaneously support one inside her uterus and another in her pouch. In unfavorable conditions,
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What really matters at...
rather than just less horrible. Beneficence. Here, this gets right at the distinction between a disease-centered and a patient- or human-centered model of care, and here is where caring becomes a creative, generative, even playful act.
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An inside look at...
of this environment the boys and girls mixed was a nurturing caring environment he weren't slapped if he made a mistake and this contrast would lay the foundation for an identity crisis for my identity crisis that would manifest
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Penguin Chicks Struggle...
She's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter.
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Incredible Animal...
The adults left behind don't have the caring ways of his parents.
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Baby Penguin Dodges...
the adults left behind don't have the caring ways of his parents
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Meet a Competitive...
I gave up caring about what people thought it's not about you
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The Cutest Elephant...
to a tamale this isn't stealing it's sharing and caring
Video examples
The psychology of...
Imagine that instead of caring for your spouse or children, you used them as a source of attention or admiration. Or imagine that instead of seeking constructive feedback about your performance, you instead told everyone who tried to help you that they were wrong. So what causes narcissism?
Video examples
Filming The World's...
people think it is full of deadly stuff and it is but it's maybe it's not their ability to to fight and be deadly that's the key to the success maybe it's their parental care maybe it's their incredible adaptation so this deadliest bird in the world could also be a very caring parent
Video examples
The three different ways...
Even after the baby kangaroo leaves this warm haven, she'll return to suckle milk. Sometimes, she's just one of three babies her mother is caring for. A female kangaroo can often simultaneously support one inside her uterus and another in her pouch. In unfavorable conditions,
Video examples
What really matters at...
rather than just less horrible. Beneficence. Here, this gets right at the distinction between a disease-centered and a patient- or human-centered model of care, and here is where caring becomes a creative, generative, even playful act.
Video examples
An inside look at...
of this environment the boys and girls mixed was a nurturing caring environment he weren't slapped if he made a mistake and this contrast would lay the foundation for an identity crisis for my identity crisis that would manifest
Video examples
Penguin Chicks Struggle...
She's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter.
Video examples
Incredible Animal...
The adults left behind don't have the caring ways of his parents.
Video examples
Baby Penguin Dodges...
the adults left behind don't have the caring ways of his parents
Video examples
Meet a Competitive...
I gave up caring about what people thought it's not about you
Video examples
The Cutest Elephant...
to a tamale this isn't stealing it's sharing and caring
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Wooden
American Coach
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
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Leo Buscaglia
American Author
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
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Viktor E. Frankl
Austrian Psychologist
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
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Jim Brown
American Athlete
When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.
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Joe Biden
American President
One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.
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Anthony J. D'Angelo
American Writer
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
From caring comes courage.
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Alicia Keys
American Musician
I'm a very caring person.
Quote examples
John Wooden
American Coach
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
Quote examples
Leo Buscaglia
American Author
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Quote examples
Viktor E. Frankl
Austrian Psychologist
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
Quote examples
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
Quote examples
Jim Brown
American Athlete
When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.
Quote examples
Joe Biden
American President
One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.
Quote examples
Anthony J. D'Angelo
American Writer
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
From caring comes courage.
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Alicia Keys
American Musician
I'm a very caring person.
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