Tra từ careful - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

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