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Webster 1913 Edition


Aware

A-ware′

,
Adj.
[OE.
iwar
, AS.
gewær
, fr.
wær
wary. The pref.
ge-
orig. meant
together
,
completely
. [GREEK]. See
Wary
.]
1.
Watchful; vigilant or on one’s guard against danger or difficulty.
2.
Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious;
as, he was
aware
of the enemy's designs
.
Aware
of nothing arduous in a task
They never undertook.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aware

AWA'RE

,
Adj.
[See Ware and Wary.]
Watchful; vigilant; guarded; but more strictly in modern usage, apprised; expecting an event from information, or probability; as, the general was aware of the enemy's designs.

AWA'RE

,
Verb.
I.
To beware; to be cautious. [Not legitimate.]

Definition 2024


Aware

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German

Noun

Aware m (genitive Awaren, plural Awaren, feminine Awarin)

  1. Avar (a [male or female] man belonging to the Avar people (Daghestan, Caucasus))

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English

Adjective

aware (comparative more aware or awarer, superlative most aware or awarest)

  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.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      “[…] 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.
    Are you aware of what is being said about you?

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Japanese

Romanization

aware

  1. rōmaji reading of あわれ