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care of

care of preposition: for distribution by (the named intermediary).

Preposition

care of

  1. (postal) For distribution by (the named intermediary).
    • Could you please send this package to Mr. John Smith, care of the Northwest Shelter?

care of meaning in Kannada and Arabic

care of in Kannada

ಮೂಲಕ, ಮುಖಾಂತರ, ರಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ

care of in Arabic

for distribution by (the named intermediary) — see also c/o
عِنَايَة ʕināya, رِعَايَة riʕāya

Forms of care of

alternative form℅
alternative formc/-
alternative formc/o

Origin of care of

Short for in the care of or similar phrase.

Questions about care of

What does care of mean?
Care of means for distribution by (the named intermediary).
What is care of in Kannada?
Care of in Kannada is ಮೂಲಕ, ಮುಖಾಂತರ, ರಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ. See Care of meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is care of?
Care of is a preposition.

Words near care of in the dictionary

  1. care home
  2. care homes
  3. care in the community
  4. care killed a cat
  5. care killed the cat
  6. care of
  7. care package
  8. care packages
  9. Care Sunday
  10. care worker
  11. care workers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: care of (page history and authors); care of (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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