circumspect
pronunciation
How to pronounce circumspect in British English:
UK [ˈsɜːkəmspekt]
How to pronounce circumspect in American English:
US [ˈsɜːrkəmspekt]
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- Adjective:
- heedful of potential consequences
Word Origin
- circumspect (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin circumspectus "deliberate, guarded, well-considered," past participle of circumspicere "look around, take heed," from circum- "around" (see circum-) + specere "to look" (see scope (n.1)). Related: Circumspectly; circumspectness.
Example
- 1. Other companies are more circumspect about their strategies .
- 2. Now that the fruit-eating mr hilton has gone , the task of reform falls back on to two more circumspect figures .
- 3. President george w bush comes across as circumspect and more than happy to delegate , contrary to the impetuous , god-fearing crusader of the popular imagination .
- 4. Since then china 's biggest offshore producer of oil and gas has become a lot more circumspect beyond its familiar borders .
- 5. Chinese officials were more circumspect .