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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 designsAware
of nothing arduous in a taskThey never undertook.
Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aware
AWA'RE
,Adj.
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.
Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
aware (comparative more aware or awarer, superlative most aware or awarest)
- Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
- Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.
- 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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Synonyms
- (on one's guard): wary, watchful, sensitive, alert, attentive, observant
- (conscious of something): apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindful
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Translations
vigilant, on one's guard
having knowledge of something
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