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aware en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈwɛɚ/ (General-American)
  • [əˈweːɾ] (Scotland)
  • /əˈweə/ without the cheer–chair merger
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈwɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /əˈwɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [əˈwɛə̯] ~ [əˈwɛː] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [əˈwɛɹ] ~ [əˈwɛɹ̩] (General-American)
  • /əˈwiə/ cheer–chair merger
  • /əˈweɹ/ (Scotland)
  • /əˈwɛː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /əˈweː/ (Australia)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aware, iwar, iware, ywar, from Old English ġewær (“aware”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawar, from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“aware, cautious”), from Proto-Indo-European *worós (“attentive”), from *wer- (“to heed; watch out”). Cognate with Dutch gewaar, German gewahr, Danish var, Swedish var, Icelandic varr.

Meanings

  1. Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
    • Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.
  2. Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.
    • Are you aware of what is being said about you?
    • The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards. 1956 September, “Notes and News: The Barby Sidings Accident Report”, in Railway Magazine, page 638:
    • “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • Gotta get going. I wasn’t aware that it was already so late.
    • Americans are not libertarians in the Cato Institute sense of the word, but they are folk libertarians in this sense of impulsive behaviour, which is a feature of American life that anyone who wants to govern the United States, Democratic or Republican, has to be aware of. 2025 April 28, Ross Douthat, Nick Adams, “Condition of America”, in New Left Review, number 152, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
awarest Degree=Sup lexicographic
more aware Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most aware Degree=Sup lexicographic
awarer Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

unaware

Deriveds

self-awareness · well-awareness · awareness · locale-aware · well-aware · awarely · hyperaware · well aware · locale-awareness · self-aware

Hypernyms

vigilant

Relateds

modern · sane · beware · wary

Synonyms

up-to-date · sharp · witting · in the know · informed (conscious of something) · on the ball · wary (on one's guard) · attentive (on one's guard) · observant (on one's guard) · watchful (on one's guard) · sensitive (on one's guard) · apprised (conscious of something) · alert (on one's guard) · with it · mindful (conscious of something) · on the same page · sensible (conscious of something) · conscious (conscious of something) · cognizant (conscious of something) · aware · up to speed

Translations (86)

cs bdělý (vigilant, on one's guard) · cs vědom (having knowledge of something) · fr vigilant (vigilant, on one's guard) · nl op de hoogte zijn (having knowledge of something) · bg съзнаващ (having knowledge of something) · tl nakaiino (having knowledge of something) · de bewusst (having knowledge of something) · cs ostražitý (vigilant, on one's guard) · ota خبردار (having knowledge of something) · nl op zijn hoede (vigilant, on one's guard) · hy զգոն (vigilant, on one's guard) · sh svestan (having knowledge of something) · ca conscient (having knowledge of something) · la cōnscius (having knowledge of something) · ru в ку́рсе (having knowledge of something) · it consapevole (having knowledge of something) · fi valpas (vigilant, on one's guard) · sh budan (vigilant, on one's guard) · mi aroā (having knowledge of something) · uk зна́ючий (having knowledge of something) · tr ayık (vigilant, on one's guard) · fr attentif (vigilant, on one's guard) · tl naiino (vigilant, on one's guard) · hy տեղյակ (having knowledge of something) · ru бди́тельный (vigilant, on one's guard) · ang ġewær (having knowledge of something) · sv medveten (having knowledge of something) · fr en alerte (vigilant, on one's guard) · tl nakaiino (vigilant, on one's guard) · de wachsam (vigilant, on one's guard) · pt alerta (vigilant, on one's guard) · pt ciente (having knowledge of something) · uk обі́знаний (having knowledge of something) · ca a l’aguait (vigilant, on one's guard) · tr uyanık (vigilant, on one's guard) · cs znalý (having knowledge of something) · fa آگاه (having knowledge of something) · cmn 意識到的 /意识到的 (having knowledge of something) · az hali (having knowledge of something) · ru све́дущий (having knowledge of something) · eo konscia (having knowledge of something) · id insaf (having knowledge of something) · ru осведомлённый (having knowledge of something) · ckb ئاگادار (having knowledge of something) · tr haberdar (having knowledge of something) · es consciente (having knowledge of something) · sh svjestan (having knowledge of something) · cmn 知道的 (having knowledge of something) · es concienciado (having knowledge of something) · es cognoscitivo (having knowledge of something) · es cognoscente (having knowledge of something) · de gewahr (vigilant, on one's guard) · id waspada (vigilant, on one's guard) · pl świadom (having knowledge of something) · sh будан (vigilant, on one's guard) · sh свестан (having knowledge of something) · ca vigilant (vigilant, on one's guard) · uk пи́льний (vigilant, on one's guard) · be дасве́дчаны (having knowledge of something) · ca atent (vigilant, on one's guard) · hy գիտակից (having knowledge of something) · fr au courant (having knowledge of something) · tl naiino (having knowledge of something) · fi tietoinen (having knowledge of something) · fr conscient (having knowledge of something) · es concientizado (having knowledge of something) · tt saq (vigilant, on one's guard) · fr sur ses gardes (vigilant, on one's guard) · pl świadomy (having knowledge of something) · mr जागृत (vigilant, on one's guard) · es alerta (vigilant, on one's guard) · ru зна́ющий (having knowledge of something) · nl waakzaam (vigilant, on one's guard) · az agah (having knowledge of something) · fr en éveil (vigilant, on one's guard) · gl consciente (having knowledge of something) · pt consciente (having knowledge of something) · cmn 警惕的 (vigilant, on one's guard) · ga eolach (having knowledge of something) · it all'erta (vigilant, on one's guard) · az xəbərdar (having knowledge of something) · gd fiosrach (having knowledge of something) · bg бдителен (vigilant, on one's guard) · ang ġecnǣwe (having knowledge of something) · be ве́даючы (having knowledge of something) · de gewahr (having knowledge of something)

aware en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈwɛɚ/ (General-American)
  • [əˈweːɾ] (Scotland)
  • /əˈweə/ without the cheer–chair merger
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈwɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /əˈwɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [əˈwɛə̯] ~ [əˈwɛː] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [əˈwɛɹ] ~ [əˈwɛɹ̩] (General-American)
  • /əˈwiə/ cheer–chair merger
  • /əˈweɹ/ (Scotland)
  • /əˈwɛː/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /əˈweː/ (Australia)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aware, iwar, iware, ywar, from Old English ġewær (“aware”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawar, from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“aware, cautious”), from Proto-Indo-European *worós (“attentive”), from *wer- (“to heed; watch out”). Cognate with Dutch gewaar, German gewahr, Danish var, Swedish var, Icelandic varr.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To make (someone) aware of something.
    • Conſcience is the director of all our actions, and diſcriminates them all, with the intentions of our hearts; awares us of the crime of the one, and the virtue of the other. 1799, William Earle, Junior, Natural Faults: A Comedy, in Five Acts, London: […] sold by Earle and Hemet […], [Act II, scene i], page 17:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
awared Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
awared Tense=Past lexicographic
awaring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
awares Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic