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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

주의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: juui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Care/kɛər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"조심스럽게 주의를 기울여야 한다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.

    "The elderly receive dedicated care at the community center."
As verb
  1. 1

    Feel concern or interest; attach importance to something.

    "She deeply cares about environmental conservation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'caru' or 'cearu', meaning sorrow, anxiety, or grief, originating from Proto-Germanic *karō. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from burdensome mental anxiety to serious attention, safeguarding, and ultimately affection and provision, aligning closely with the German verb 'pflegen'.

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