Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To look after, to care for.

    My elderly mother needs to be taken care of.

    sich kümmern um, pflegen

    забо́титьсяzabótitʹsja, позабо́титьсяpozabótitʹsja, присма́триватьprismátrivatʹ

  2. (transitive)To deal with, handle.

    Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?

    sich kümmern um

    занима́тьсяzanimátʹsja, заня́тьсяzanjátʹsja

  3. (euphemistic, slang, transitive)To kill.

    In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.

    erledigen

    разбира́тьсяrazbirátʹsja, разобра́тьсяrazobrátʹsja

Examples

4962 sentences

  1. I take care of my grandfather.

    Я доглядаю свого дідуся. — deniko

    ruЯ забочусь о своём дедушке. — odexed

    deIch kümmere mich um meinen Großvater. — Wolf

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  2. She took care of his wound.

    Вона подбала про його рану. — Internecivus

    ruОна позаботилась о его ране. — sharptoothed

    deSie versorgte seine Wunde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom can take care of himself.

    Том може сам про себе потурбуватися. — deniko

    ruТом может о себе позаботиться. — odexed

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  4. Tom takes good care of Mary.

    Том добре піклується про Мері. — deniko

    ruТом хорошо заботится о Мэри. — odexed

    deTom kümmert sich gut um Mary. — Zaghawa

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  5. I take a lot of pictures.

    Я багато фотографую. — deniko

    ruЯ много фотографирую. — odexed

    deIch mache viele Fotos. — nexx

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
look after:
deal with:
kill:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
look after:
kill:

Forms

takes care of, taking care of, took care of, taken care of
Base formtake care of · to take care of
3rd person singulartakes care of
Present participletaking care of
Past simpletook care of
Past participletaken care of

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake care of
he, she, ittakes care of

Past simpleLesson

all personstook care of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken care of
he, she, ithas taken care of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take care of

Synonyms

6 synonyms
look after:nurseB1care for
kill (slang):waxB1bump offknock off
handle:attend to

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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