Careful
adjective
Paying full attention to avoid danger or mistakes.
Be careful when crossing the road.
Often appears as...
- be careful
- careful planning
adjective
Showing attention or consideration in doing something.
She was careful to make sure the door was locked.
Often appears as...
- careful consideration
- be careful of
adjective
Working with precision and great attention to detail.
He was a careful researcher, checking every fact before publishing.
Often appears as...
- careful research
- careful observer
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Trying to avoid potential problems or dangers.
We need to be careful about how we spend our money.
Often appears as...
- be careful with
- careful choice
adjective
Paying full attention to avoid danger or mistakes.
Be careful when crossing the road.
Often appears as...
- be careful
- careful planning
adjective
Showing attention or consideration in doing something.
She was careful to make sure the door was locked.
Often appears as...
- careful consideration
- be careful of
adjective
Working with precision and great attention to detail.
He was a careful researcher, checking every fact before publishing.
Often appears as...
- careful research
- careful observer
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Trying to avoid potential problems or dangers.
We need to be careful about how we spend our money.
Often appears as...
- be careful with
- careful choice
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Safety First
Use 'careful' to advise someone to avoid harm.
Be careful when handling sharp tools.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Phrase
'Be careful' is often used as a standalone warning or wish.
Be careful on your trip!
Pro Tip 1/2Safety First
Use 'careful' to advise someone to avoid harm.
Be careful when handling sharp tools.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Phrase
'Be careful' is often used as a standalone warning or wish.
Be careful on your trip!
Pro Tip 1/2Safety First
Use 'careful' to advise someone to avoid harm.
Be careful when handling sharp tools.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Phrase
'Be careful' is often used as a standalone warning or wish.
Be careful on your trip!
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How to spot a misleading...
These techniques are known as cherry picking. A time range can be carefully chosen to exclude the impact of a major event right outside it. And picking specific data points can hide important changes in between. Even when there's nothing wrong with the graph itself, leaving out relevant data can give a misleading impression.
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Why should you read...
Yet, she expressed hope beyond suffering. Through deep thought, Woolf's characters are shown to temporarily transcend their material reality, and in its careful consideration of the complexity of the mind, her work charts the importance of making our inner lives known to each other.
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What is bipolar...
which works like a carefully controlled seizure in the brain, is sometimes used as an emergency treatment. Some bipolar patients reject treatment because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity. But modern psychiatry is actively trying to avoid that.
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How to create a great...
if you're not careful they can start to sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the
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Is telekinesis real? -...
Such discoveries must be proven extra carefully to withstand skepticism. In the case of telekinesis, the idea goes against established science, but lacks the powerful evidence in favor of it. Our universe is controlled and explained by the laws of physics,
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Can you solve the virus...
unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.
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UK National Parks in 100...
look carefully can you see a deer or a hair much of this land is managed for shooting birds through a combination of cutting grazing and burning large parts of our national parks are agricultural lands supporting the people livelihoods and
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
My opinion doesn't matter. Let's look at the evidence. After 20 years of careful study and rigorous peer review by thousands of independent scientists, every major scientific organization in the world has concluded
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Orca's Extraordinary...
she is thought to be the first of her kind in the world to hunt seals in this riding the tide she carefully enters her young calf in tow one false move and she risks stranding them both
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How does a jellyfish...
with nematocysts rarely 3% of the size of a typical syringe needle. So, the next time you're out in the ocean, be careful. But also, take a second to marvel at its wonders.
Video examples
How to spot a misleading...
These techniques are known as cherry picking. A time range can be carefully chosen to exclude the impact of a major event right outside it. And picking specific data points can hide important changes in between. Even when there's nothing wrong with the graph itself, leaving out relevant data can give a misleading impression.
Video examples
Why should you read...
Yet, she expressed hope beyond suffering. Through deep thought, Woolf's characters are shown to temporarily transcend their material reality, and in its careful consideration of the complexity of the mind, her work charts the importance of making our inner lives known to each other.
Video examples
What is bipolar...
which works like a carefully controlled seizure in the brain, is sometimes used as an emergency treatment. Some bipolar patients reject treatment because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity. But modern psychiatry is actively trying to avoid that.
Video examples
How to create a great...
if you're not careful they can start to sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the
Video examples
Is telekinesis real? -...
Such discoveries must be proven extra carefully to withstand skepticism. In the case of telekinesis, the idea goes against established science, but lacks the powerful evidence in favor of it. Our universe is controlled and explained by the laws of physics,
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.
Video examples
UK National Parks in 100...
look carefully can you see a deer or a hair much of this land is managed for shooting birds through a combination of cutting grazing and burning large parts of our national parks are agricultural lands supporting the people livelihoods and
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
My opinion doesn't matter. Let's look at the evidence. After 20 years of careful study and rigorous peer review by thousands of independent scientists, every major scientific organization in the world has concluded
Video examples
Orca's Extraordinary...
she is thought to be the first of her kind in the world to hunt seals in this riding the tide she carefully enters her young calf in tow one false move and she risks stranding them both
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
with nematocysts rarely 3% of the size of a typical syringe needle. So, the next time you're out in the ocean, be careful. But also, take a second to marvel at its wonders.
Example 1 of 10
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B. B. King
American Musician
I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands have been my living. My hands have been able to help me learn. My hands have taken me around the world. So I'm very proud of my hands.
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Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have to be careful with the way we handle people because what we're doing is making an impact.
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Frederick Buechner
American Clergyman
You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.
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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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Elvis Presley
American Singer
I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.
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Yahoo Serious
Australian Director
So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.
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Eric D. Thomas
Listen to me carefully: My father wasn't in my life, but it feels good taking care of my kids.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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Gloria Estefan
American Musician
I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.
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B. B. King
American Musician
I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands have been my living. My hands have been able to help me learn. My hands have taken me around the world. So I'm very proud of my hands.
Quote examples
Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we have to be careful with the way we handle people because what we're doing is making an impact.
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Frederick Buechner
American Clergyman
You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.
Quote examples
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
American Author
Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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Elvis Presley
American Singer
I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.
Quote examples
Yahoo Serious
Australian Director
So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.
Quote examples
Eric D. Thomas
Listen to me carefully: My father wasn't in my life, but it feels good taking care of my kids.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
Quote examples
Gloria Estefan
American Musician
I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.
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