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# careful

«careful» in Mova's school dictionary: **paying close attention so you do not make mistakes, break…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (careful, more careful, most careful); adverb (carefully)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Careful means paying close attention so you do not make mistakes, break things or get hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#m1)

2) Careful also means thinking well before you act: be careful with money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#m2)

3) Careful work is done slowly and well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a story word or an advice word in problems («be careful with the units», «be careful to count each one once»); no operation. Safety: be careful crossing the road, careful with scissors, hot water and knives. In school: careful handwriting, careful checking. Phrases: be careful, careful with, careful not to, careful of.

### examples

- Be careful to count each one only once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x1)
- She was careful not to spill the 2 litres of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x2)
- Careful: the answer is in centimetres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x3)
- He made careful steps of 50 cm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x4)
- Be careful when you cross the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x5)
- Be careful with the scissors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x6)
- She did careful, neat work in her book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x7)
- Be careful not to wake the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x8)
- Carry the hot soup carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x9)
- How careful he was of the third bulrush! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/careful/#x10)

### note

Spelt with one l at the end: careful (not «carefull»). Adverb «carefully». Opposite: careless. A story or advice word; no clue to the operation.

### In the corpora

- [Small does not mean worse at everything; a small model can be useful in a careful way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/13/)
- [Myths spread because they make good stories and people repeat them without checking; scientists test ideas with careful watching and experiments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/16/)
- [Scientists find these senses by careful tests, for example by switching on a weak radio noise and watching robins lose their way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/4/)
- [Dogs and cats share our homes, so we think we know their minds, but scientists keep finding surprises with careful tests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/0/)
- [Fossils, tests and careful counting beat cartoons and myths, from the Flintstones riding dinosaurs to elephants scared of mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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