careful
Meaning
- Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
- Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
- (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
- (obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
Synonyms
beware of
carefully
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɛːfəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care + -ful.
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