cautious in one’s actions:
Be careful when you cross the street.
taking pains in one’s work; exact; thorough:
a careful typist.
(of things) done or performed with accuracy or caution:
solicitously mindful (usually followed by of, about, or in):
careful of the rights of others; careful about one’s behavior; careful in speech.
attended with anxiety.
He is a retired Air Force major and sounded like one, careful and precise in his language.
The Last Columbine Mystery Dave Cullen February 23, 2010
Rowling is careful, explicit even, to note that this woman was not “the real Dolores Umbridge.”
J.K. Rowling Pens the Greatest Horror Story Ever: Dolores Umbridge Was Real Kevin Fallon October 30, 2014
At times like these you must be careful not to brim over with elation-into-crashing-despair.
What the Stars Predict for Your Week Starsky + Cox August 19, 2011
Real-world profilers have to be careful, and are, not to indulge in facile ethnic, racial or religious “profiling.”
Inside the Mind of an ISIS Jihadi Jamie Dettmer September 20, 2014
We must be careful not to administer a vaccine against faith to them.
What Pope Francis Can Teach the GOP Sally Kohn January 5, 2014
He can not be too careful of what he says, and how he says it.
The Book of Khalid Ameen Rihani
The child is safe—while your Majesty is careful to fulfil our pleasure.
The Royal Pawn of Venice Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
Why master was so careful of her, may be safely left to conjecture.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
Be careful not to overcook it, and it will not be pasty, but firm and tender.
The Italian Cook Book Maria Gentile
I’d be kind of careful about any man that was knocking his boss—wouldn’t you, Curly?
The Man Next Door Emerson Hough
cautious in attitude or action; prudent
painstaking in one’s work; thorough: he wrote very careful script
(usually postpositive; foll by of, in, or about) solicitous; protective: careful of one’s reputation
(archaic) full of care; anxious
(Brit) mean or miserly
Old English cearful “mournful, sad,” also “full of care or woe; anxious; full of concern” (for someone or something), thus “applying attention, painstaking, circumspect;” from care (n.) + -ful.
a person who cares for someone who is sick or disabled. an adult who cares for an infant or child. Contemporary Examples For Easley, one of the most important steps to helping her husband was learning to legitimize her own position as a caregiver. When the War Comes Home Sara Stewart October 15, 2014 Over […]
a label attached to a garment or fabric giving the manufacturer’s instructions for its care and cleaning.
Also, CARE package. a package containing food, clothing, or other items sent as necessities to the needy. a gift of treats to relatives or friends, especially of items not readily available to them: She sends monthly care packages of homemade cookies to her son at college. n. 1945, originally CARE package, supplies sent out by […]
- Care plan
noun a plan for the medical care of a particular patient or the welfare of a child in care