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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

careful

/ˈkɛːfəl/

An illustration for careful

adjective

thinking about what you are doing in order to avoid a mistake

  • “Be careful of the glass door in front of you.”Tatoeba
  • “He promised me he would be more careful in future.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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