aware

English

Etymology

From Old English ġewær, from ġe- (“(intensifier)”) (English a-) + wær (English ware), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *waraz. Replaced plain (unintensified) ware.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

Adjective

aware (comparative awarer, superlative 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

   Are you aware of what is being said about you?

Synonyms

• (on one's guard): wary, watchful, sensitive
• (conscious of something): apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindful

Antonyms

• unaware

Derived terms

• awareness
• unaware

Related terms

• wary
• beware

Translations

vigilant, on one's guard

• Dutch: waakzaam (nl), op zijn hoede (nl)
• Finnish: valpas (fi)
• German: wachsam (de)
• Italian: all'erta (it)

• Portuguese: alerta (pt)
• Russian: бдительный (ru) (bdítelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: будан (sh), budan (sh)
• Spanish: alerta (es)

having knowledge of something

• Czech: vědom (cs)
• Dutch: op de hoogte zijn (nl)
• Finnish: tietoinen (fi)
• French: conscient (fr), au courant (fr)
• German: bewusst (de)
• Polish: świadom m, świadomy m

• Portuguese: consciente (pt)
• Russian: знающий (ru) (znájuščij), осведомлённый (ru) (osvedomljónnyj), сведущий (ru) (svéduščij), в курсе (ru) (v kúrse)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiosrach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: свестан (sh), svestan (sh), свестан (sh), svjestan (sh)
• Spanish: consciente (es)

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• Bulgarian: осведомен; който съзнава/усеща/чувствува/долавя/знае
• German: bewusst (de), gewahr, gewärtig
• Hungarian: tudatában van

• Italian: conscio (it), consapevole (it)
• Central Kurdish: به‌خه‌به‌ر (ku) (bexeber)

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Japanese

Romanization

aware

1. See あわれ