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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
careful
1 avoiding accidents and mistakes 2 trying to do sth well see also ACCIDENT, DANGEROUS, WARN
1 avoiding accidents and mistakes - if you think about what you do so that you do not have an accident or make a mistake, you are careful (adverb carefully); noun (U): care Please be careful with that vase (= careful not to damage it). Be very careful of the traffic on the main road (= careful not to be hurt by it). Be careful washing that blouse. ◎ Drive carefully! ◎ A great deal of care is needed in the transport of live animals. - if you are careful, you take* care (to do sth/that ※¦) Take care! Don't rush! ◎ Take care that you don't spill that coffee. - taking great care because of possible danger: cautious (adverb cautiously); noun (U): caution I looked outside cautiously before leaving the house. ◎ Caution! Roadworks ahead! - if you behave in a careful way so that you do not hurt things or people, you are gentle (adverb gently); noun (U): gentleness The doctor was very gentle with her. ◎ She touched the child with great gentleness. ※ not being careful - if you are not careful about what you are doing, you are careless (about/with sth) (adverb carelessly); noun (U): carelessness a careless driver ◎ a careless mistake - if you are very careless and do not think about the possible danger or bad results of what you are doing, you are reckless (adverb recklessly); noun (U): recklessness reckless disregard for the safety of other road users - if you are physically awkward and often drop or break things, you are clumsy (adverb clumsily); noun (U): clumsiness
2 trying to do sth well - showing care and attention to details: careful (adverb carefully); noun (U): care a careful piece of work ◎ Listen carefully! - if you show care and attention to details, you take* care (over sth/that ※¦) He takes great care over his reports. ◎ Take care that the figures add up correctly. - to do sth without hurrying: take* your time (with/over sth) - to make a special effort to do sth carefully: take* (great) pains (with sth/over sth/to do sth); adjective: painstaking We have taken great pains to find the truth. ◎ a painstaking process - to look at sth to make sure that it is correct or in good order: check (sth), check (through) sth Check through your work before you hand it in. - careful and exact, without mistakes: accurate (adverb accurately) an accurate description ◎ to copy something accurately - careful and complete: thorough (adverb thoroughly) The police made a thorough search of the house. - if sth is done with great attention to details, it is meticulous a meticulous investigation
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