outcare

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noun

Care or services provided to patients after discharge from a healthcare facility; outpatient care.

OriginEnglish care ← Middle English care ← Old English caru →
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Meanings

nounoutcare (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegovernmentCare or services provided to patients after discharge from a healthcare facility; outpatient care.
verboutcare (third-person singular simple present outcares, present participle outcaring, simple past and past participle outcared)

present singular third person outcares · participle present outcaring · participle past outcared · past outcared

  1. transitiveTo surpass (someone else) in caring about something.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵeh₂r-
  8. Proto-Germanic*karō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*karu
  10. Old Englishcaru
  11. Middle Englishcare
  12. Englishcare
  13. Englishoutcare

From out- + care.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Croteauoutrace
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APA

outcare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcare

MLA

“outcare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcare. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outcare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcare.

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