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Aware

//əˈwɛə(ɹ)//

Definitions

adjmore aware · awarer · most aware · awarest

1
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.
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wary watchful sensitive
2
Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.
Are you aware of what is being said about you?
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apprised informed cognizant

verbawares · awaring · awared

1
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.

Word Origin

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 (“atten...

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