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# cautious

«cautious» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Careful to avoid danger, risks or mistakes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (cautious; more cautious, most cautious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Careful to avoid danger, risks or mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#m1)

2) Slow to decide or to trust, as in «cautious about strangers». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons it describes good behaviour: be cautious near roads, water, fire and online. In stories it tells the reader a character is careful, maybe nervous. In maths and science, a cautious estimate is a careful one that does not overclaim. Phrases: «be cautious about», «cautious optimism».

### examples

- Be cautious when crossing a busy road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x1)
- The cat was cautious around the new puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x2)
- She is cautious about talking to strangers online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x3)
- He took a cautious step onto the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x4)
- The cautious driver slowed down in the fog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x5)
- Scientists were cautious about the early results. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x6)
- My cautious guess is about 50 sweets in the jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x7)
- The Fox came too, but he was very cautious about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/#x8)

### note

Adjective. Adverb: cautiously; noun: caution. Spelling: c-a-u-t-i-o-u-s, with «au» and «-tious». Opposites: careless, reckless, bold.

### In the corpora

- [Rats are cautious with new food: they nibble a little and wait to see whether they feel ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cautious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cautious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.