heed
verbTo pay careful attention to advice, a warning, or another signal.
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Clear all filtersTo pay careful attention to advice, a warning, or another signal.
Proposed for consideration without being established as fact.
Acting hastily on impulse without enough consideration.
Conduct or expression considered improper or unsuitable.
Acting on a sudden urge without much prior consideration.
Anger at something considered unjust or improper.
Too small or unimportant to have much effect in the situation.
Entering or interfering where one's presence or attention is unwelcome.
Not connected with or useful to the matter being considered.
Not bearing on the matter
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Showing careful thought and sound judgment.
Open to unfamiliar ideas or ways of living rather than narrowly bound by convention.
Open to different ideas
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Worth, quality, or a sound reason that deserves recognition or consideration.
Nearsightedness; figuratively, a failure to consider wider or longer-term consequences.
Limited long-term outlook
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Nearsighted; figuratively, failing to consider broader or longer-term consequences.
Lacking foresight
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Unwilling to consider ideas or practices beyond a limited set of familiar views.
So small or unimportant that it scarcely warrants attention.
Careful noticing of a fact or event, or a comment based on what was noticed.
Careful noticing
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Casual or informal in manner, sometimes to the point of seeming dismissive.
Casual or insufficiently considered
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More important than other competing concerns or considerations.
Direct relevance to the subject being considered.
In action, excessively hasty; also very steep.
Excessively hasty
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Planned or considered in advance, especially before a wrongful act.
Very deep, intense, or showing considerable understanding.
Deep in thought or effect
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Careful practical judgment that considers consequences.
Careful practical judgment
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