"careful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɛːfəl/ [UK], /ˈkɛ(ə)ɹfəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-careful.ogg [US] Forms: more careful [comparative], carefuller [comparative], most careful [superlative], carefullest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)fəl, -ɛəɹfəl Etymology: From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care + -ful. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵeh₂r-}}, {{inh|en|enm|careful}} Middle English careful, {{inh|en|ang|carful}} Old English carful, {{suffix|en|care|ful|pos=adjective}} care + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|more careful|carefuller|sup=most careful}} careful (comparative more careful or carefuller, superlative most careful or carefullest)
  1. Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. Translations (cautious): ἐπιμελής (epimelḗs) (Ancient Greek), حَذِر (ḥaḏir) (Arabic), асцяро́жны (ascjaróžny) (Belarusian), пі́льны (pílʹny) (Belarusian), ува́жлівы (uvážlivy) (Belarusian), акура́тны (akurátny) (Belarusian), সতর্ক (śotork) (Bengali), সাবধান (śabodhan) (Bengali), грижли́в (grižlív) (Bulgarian), внима́телен (vnimátelen) (Bulgarian), cautelós (Catalan), anar amb compte (english: to be careful) (Catalan), 當心 (Chinese Mandarin), 当心 (dāngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 小心 (xiǎoxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), saqt ol (Crimean Tatar), muqayt ol (Crimean Tatar), opatrný (Czech), forsigtig (Danish), voorzichtig (Dutch), behoedzaam (Dutch), omzichtig (Dutch), prudent (Dutch), zorga (Esperanto), zorgema (Esperanto), ettevaatlik (Estonian), tähelepanelik (Estonian), varin (Faroese), ansin (Faroese), varur (Faroese), hyggin (Faroese), gáin (Faroese), varovainen (Finnish), prudent (French), cauto (Galician), ყურადღებიანი (q̇uradɣebiani) (Georgian), vorsichtig (German), behutsam (German), προσεκτικός (prosektikós) (Greek), સાવધાન (sāvdhān) (Gujarati), זָהִיר (zahír) (Hebrew), सावधान (sāvdhān) (Hindi), सतर्क (satark) (Hindi), óvatos (Hungarian), var (Icelandic), varkár (Icelandic), hati-hati (Indonesian), aireach (Irish), prudente (Italian), cauto (Italian), fare attenzione (Italian), 思慮深い (shiryobukai) (alt: しりょぶかい) (Japanese), сақ (saq) (Kazakh), 조심하다 (josimhada) (Korean), 신중하다 (sinjunghada) (Korean), curiosus (Latin), cautus (Latin), rūpīgs (Latvian), uzmanīgs (Latvian), внимателен (vnimatelen) (Macedonian), hati-hati (Malay), सावध (sāvadh) (Marathi), accuorto (Neapolitan), forsiktig (Norwegian Bokmål), téner ment (Occitan), carful (Old English), محتاط (mohtât) (Persian), ostrożny (Polish), cauteloso (Portuguese), cuidadoso (Portuguese), prudente (Portuguese), tomar cuidado (english: to be careful) (Portuguese), precaut (Romanian), prudent (Romanian), atent (Romanian), îngrijit (Romanian), grijuliu (Romanian), осторо́жный (ostoróžnyj) (Russian), внима́тельный (vnimátelʹnyj) (english: attentive) (Russian), аккура́тный (akkurátnyj) (Russian), सावधान (sāvadhāna) (Sanskrit), सतर्क (satarka) (Sanskrit), cùramach (Scottish Gaelic), о̏пре̄зан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍprēzan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), opatrný (Slovak), skrben (Slovene), cauto (Spanish), cuidadoso (Spanish), tener cuidado (english: to be careful) (Spanish), försiktig (Swedish), maingat (Tagalog), imassu (Tocharian B), dikkatli (Turkish), обере́жний (oberéžnyj) (Ukrainian), акура́тний (akurátnyj) (Ukrainian), ува́жний (uvážnyj) (Ukrainian), ساودھان (sāvdhān) (Urdu), سترک (satark) (Urdu), gofalus (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-careful-en-adj-Zpnqm9nC Categories (other): Crimean Tatar links with redundant wikilinks, English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Crimean Tatar links with redundant wikilinks: 36 4 30 30 Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 40 8 26 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 1 29 29 Disambiguation of 'cautious': 84 16 0 0
  2. Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. Translations (meticulous): دَقِيق (daqīq) (Arabic), стара́телен (starátelen) (Bulgarian), акура́тен (akuráten) (Bulgarian), curós (Catalan), acurat (Catalan), 過細 (Chinese Mandarin), 过细 (guòxì) (Chinese Mandarin), 細緻 (Chinese Mandarin), 细致 (xìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 仔細 (Chinese Mandarin), 仔细 (zǐxì) (Chinese Mandarin), pečlivý (Czech), zorgvuldig (Dutch), grondig (Dutch), doortastend (Dutch), huolellinen (Finnish), soigneux (French), attentif (French), sorgfältig (German), επιμελής (epimelís) (Greek), teliti (Indonesian), cermat (Indonesian), hoolekas (Ingrian), curamach (Irish), accurato (Italian), attento (Italian), 注意深い (chūibukai) (alt: ちゅういぶかい) (Japanese), 주의깊다 (juuigipda) (Korean), meticulosus (Latin), diligens (Latin), rūpīgs (Latvian), uzmanīgs (Latvian), souongneux (Norman), دقیق (daqiq) (Persian), drobiazgowy (Polish), cuidadoso (Portuguese), meticuloso (Portuguese), тща́тельный (tščátelʹnyj) (Russian), аккура́тный (akkurátnyj) (Russian), стара́тельный (starátelʹnyj) (Russian), cùramach (Scottish Gaelic), брѝжљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), бри̏жан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), по̀мњив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), brìžljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), brȉžan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pòmnjiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), starostlivý (Slovak), cuidadoso (Spanish), concienzudo (Spanish), minucioso (Spanish), noggrann (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-careful-en-adj-UBfBwRPN Disambiguation of 'meticulous': 9 90 0 1
  3. (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-careful-en-adj-EaZNJ58K Categories (other): Crimean Tatar links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Crimean Tatar links with redundant wikilinks: 36 4 30 30
  4. (obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-careful-en-adj-vO5V692S Categories (other): Crimean Tatar links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Crimean Tatar links with redundant wikilinks: 36 4 30 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carefull [obsolete] Derived forms: be careful, be careful what you wish for, carefully, carefulness

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "word": "opatrný"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "forsigtig"
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        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "zorga"
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "zorgema"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "ettevaatlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "tähelepanelik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "varin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "ansin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "varur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "hyggin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "gáin"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "varovainen"
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "prudent"
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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "cauto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇uradɣebiani",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "ყურადღებიანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "vorsichtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "behutsam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "prosektikós",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "προσεκτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "epimelḗs",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "ἐπιμελής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "sāvdhān",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "સાવધાન"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "zahír",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "זָהִיר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sāvdhān",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "सावधान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "satark",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "सतर्क"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "óvatos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "var"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "varkár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "hati-hati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "aireach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "prudente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "cauto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "fare attenzione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "alt": "しりょぶかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiryobukai",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "思慮深い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "saq",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "сақ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "josimhada",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "조심하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sinjunghada",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "신중하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "curiosus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "cautus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "rūpīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "uzmanīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vnimatelen",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "внимателен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "hati-hati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "sāvadh",
          "sense": "cautious",
          "word": "सावध"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "carful"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English carful",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "care",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "care + -ful",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more careful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carefuller",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most careful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carefullest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "more careful",
        "2": "carefuller",
        "sup": "most careful"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "He was a slow and careful driver.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Be very careful while trekking through the jungle.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious."
      ],
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        [
          "attentive",
          "attentive"
        ],
        [
          "potential",
          "potential"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ],
        [
          "error",
          "error"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "cautious",
          "cautious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They made a careful search of the crime scene.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 7",
          "text": "At the same time, we were cognisant that careful scholars should never solely rely on their own impressionistic observations, and, that our own impressions were inexact and not capable of being quantified.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Conscientious",
          "conscientious"
        ],
        [
          "painstaking",
          "painstaking"
        ],
        [
          "meticulous",
          "meticulous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "grief",
          "grief"
        ],
        [
          "sorrowful",
          "sorrowful"
        ],
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled."
      ],
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        [
          "cares",
          "cares"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ],
        [
          "worried",
          "worried"
        ],
        [
          "troubled",
          "troubled"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɛːfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛ(ə)ɹfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛː(ɹ)fəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹfəl"
    },
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaḏir",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "حَذِر"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ascjaróžny",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "асцяро́жны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pílʹny",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "пі́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "uvážlivy",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ува́жлівы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "akurátny",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "акура́тны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śotork",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "সতর্ক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śabodhan",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "সাবধান"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grižlív",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "грижли́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vnimátelen",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "внима́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cautelós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "english": "to be careful",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "anar amb compte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "當心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāngxīn",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "当心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎoxīn",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "小心"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "saqt ol"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "muqayt ol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "opatrný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "forsigtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "voorzichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "behoedzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "omzichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "prudent"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "zorga"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "zorgema"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ettevaatlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "tähelepanelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "varin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ansin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "varur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "hyggin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "gáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "varovainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "prudent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cauto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇uradɣebiani",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ყურადღებიანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "vorsichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "behutsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prosektikós",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "προσεκτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epimelḗs",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ἐπιμελής"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "sāvdhān",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "સાવધાન"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zahír",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "זָהִיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sāvdhān",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "सावधान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "satark",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "सतर्क"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "óvatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "var"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "varkár"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "hati-hati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "aireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "prudente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cauto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "fare attenzione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しりょぶかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiryobukai",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "思慮深い"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "saq",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "сақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "josimhada",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "조심하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinjunghada",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "신중하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "curiosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cautus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "rūpīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "uzmanīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vnimatelen",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "внимателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "hati-hati"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sāvadh",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "सावध"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "accuorto"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "forsiktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "téner ment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "carful"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohtât",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "محتاط"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ostrożny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cauteloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cuidadoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "prudente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "to be careful",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "tomar cuidado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "precaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "prudent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "atent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "îngrijit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "grijuliu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostoróžnyj",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "осторо́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "attentive",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnimátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "внима́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "akkurátnyj",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "аккура́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sāvadhāna",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "सावधान"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "satarka",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "सतर्क"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cùramach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "о̏пре̄зан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȍprēzan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "opatrný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "skrben"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cauto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "cuidadoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "to be careful",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "tener cuidado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "försiktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "maingat"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "imassu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "dikkatli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oberéžnyj",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "обере́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "akurátnyj",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "акура́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "uvážnyj",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ува́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sāvdhān",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "ساودھان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "satark",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "سترک"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cautious",
      "word": "gofalus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "daqīq",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "دَقِيق"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "starátelen",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "стара́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "akuráten",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "акура́тен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "curós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "acurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "過細"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guòxì",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "过细"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "細緻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìzhì",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "细致"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "仔細"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǐxì",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "仔细"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "pečlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "zorgvuldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "grondig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "doortastend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "huolellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "soigneux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "attentif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "sorgfältig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epimelís",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "επιμελής"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "teliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "cermat"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "hoolekas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "curamach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "accurato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "attento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅういぶかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūibukai",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "注意深い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "juuigipda",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "주의깊다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "meticulosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "diligens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "rūpīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "uzmanīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "souongneux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "daqiq",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "دقیق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "drobiazgowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "cuidadoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "meticuloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tščátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "тща́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "akkurátnyj",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "аккура́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "starátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "стара́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "cùramach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "брѝжљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бри̏жан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "по̀мњив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "brìžljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "brȉžan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pòmnjiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "starostlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "cuidadoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "concienzudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "minucioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "meticulous",
      "word": "noggrann"
    }
  ],
  "word": "careful"
}

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