careful

/'keəful/

Thân thiện

She is careful when crossing the busy street.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Exercising caution or showing attention: Being "careful" means acting with thought and consideration to avoid mistakes, harm, or damage. It involves paying close attention to details.
   • Thorough and painstaking: It describes work or actions done with great diligence, precision, and thoroughness.
   • Mindful or protective: It indicates being concerned about or protective of something or someone.

Usage Examples

• Exercising caution:
  • Be careful when you cross the street.
  • She is careful with her words to avoid offending anyone.
• Thorough and painstaking:
  • He did a careful analysis of the data.
  • The artist was careful in every brushstroke.
• Mindful or protective:
  • You should be more careful of your health.
  • He is careful about his reputation.

Advanced Usage

• "Careful of": Being mindful or protective regarding a specific thing.
  • Be careful of the icy patches on the sidewalk.
• "Careful with": Exercising caution in handling or using something.
  • Please be careful with that antique vase; it's very fragile.
• "Careful to": Making a deliberate effort to do something.
  • She was careful to lock the door before leaving.

Variants and Related Words

• Carefully (adverb): In a careful manner.
  • He drove carefully on the wet roads.
• Carefulness (noun): The quality of being careful.
  • Her carefulness prevented a major accident.
• Careless (adjective): The opposite of careful; not showing care or attention.

Synonyms

• Cautious: Avoiding risks.
• Attentive: Paying close attention.
• Meticulous: Showing great attention to detail.
• Prudent: Acting with or showing care for the future.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Careful" is primarily an adjective and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The related verb "care" forms phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

• Better safe than sorry: It's wiser to be careful and avoid risk. (This idiom conveys a similar principle to being careful.)
• Look before you leap: Think carefully before you act. (This idiom advises careful consideration.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. mindful of the future in spending money
   • careful with money
2. full of cares or anxiety
   • Thou art careful and troubled about many things-Luke 10.41
3. unhurried and with care and dignity
   • walking at the same measured pace
   • with all deliberate speed
4. cautiously attentive
   • careful of her feelings
   • heedful of his father's advice
5. exercising caution or showing care or attention
   • they were careful when crossing the busy street
   • be careful to keep her shoes clean
   • did very careful research
   • careful art restorers
   • careful of the rights of others
   • careful about one's behavior

Từ đồng nghĩa

• thrifty
• deliberate
• measured
• heedful