cares (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of care (for)
1
as in watches
to take charge of especially on behalf of another will you care for the lawn while we're gone?

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2
as in ministers (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of he is caring for his mother while she's sick

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3
as in accepts
to have a favorable opinion of I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog

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4
as in wants
to wish to have I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it

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5
as in prefers
to show partiality toward she generally doesn't care for war movies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cares (for)
  1. watches
  2. nurses
  3. accepts
  4. wants
  5. prefers
  6. supervises
  7. treats
  8. likes
Verb
  • Unbeknownst to them, a mysterious entity watches from high above with Godlike judgment.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Zhang Jianxin watches shoppers fist-bump with a shiny, gyrating, humanoid robot at his showroom in China’s southern city of Guangzhou.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of watches
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  • Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Rachel dates a shoe store operator named Lou (Bob Hoskins), while Charlotte nurses a crush on her handsome young school bus driver and flirts with Catholicism to the chagrin of her Jewish mother.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
Definition of nurses
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  • Nominations can be submitted by anyone, and the selection committee accepts self-nominations.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Jones pleaded nolo contendere – a plea where the defendant accepts a conviction without directly admitting guilt – to one of the nine counts on June 30, 2026.
    — TJ Rhodes, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of accepts
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  • No one, for example, who wants hair like a politician’s wife—think Nancy Reagan blonde—is allowed in.
    — Vanessa Friedman, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • And secondly, these stories are resonating with younger audiences, a demographic Hollywood desperately wants to reach.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of wants
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  • When forced to choose, most of the world still prefers working with Washington, and most of those who choose Beijing are likely betting on predictions about its economic rise.
    — Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Yet as ever, Swanberg prefers to show the real experience of dating, not its Hollywoodized ideal.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of prefers
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  • The State Board of Education supervises public education in Michigan and appoints the state superintendent.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The executive also coordinates and supervises county departments and is responsible for submitting an annual balanced budget to the Legislature.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervises
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  • Well, time flies, because our bracket of cuteness has been narrowed down to one final matchup for all the marbles treats.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Sioux Falls regional water reclamation facility, which transports and treats wastewater from the city and surrounding communities is receiving $81 million in the budget.
    — Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of treats
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  • Henderson also likes the Garden's coming schedule of bookings, which remains robust.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Furthermore, is there any reliable way for working out whether someone likes us or is trying to take advantage of us, or trying to manipulate us?
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
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“Cares (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cares%20%28for%29. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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