ware
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA: /wɛə/, X-SAMPA: /wE@/
- (US) enPR: wĕr, IPA: /wɛɹ/, X-SAMPA: /wEr\/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Homophones: wear, where (wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English wær.
Adjective[edit]
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
- (poetic) aware
Usage notes[edit]
Replaced by intensified form aware.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ware (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Etymology 2[edit]
Old English waru
Noun[edit]
ware (usually uncountable; plural wares)
- (uncountable, usually in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
- 1923, John Lord, Capital and steam-power, 1750-1800[1]:
- Astbury was the more successful and made frequent journeys to London, where he sold his ware and obtained further orders.
- 2002 March 28,:
- On Sunday, a Mr. Stephen Muturi Kamau, aged 20 years, was shot dead at Dandora while he was selling his ware. This is a well known hawker. He has been hawking his ware in Dandora.
- 2011, Tonya Kappes, Carpe Bead'em[2]:
- What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles.
- 2012, Julie Watson, Frommer's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island[3], page 179:
- Artisans sell their ware in the historic district at the lower level of the Soldier's Barracks.
- 1923, John Lord, Capital and steam-power, 1750-1800[1]:
- (in the plural) See wares.
- (uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- damascene ware, tole ware
- (countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
- (Ireland) Crockery
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
product
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old English warian
Verb[edit]
ware (third-person singular simple present wares, present participle waring, simple past and past participle wared)
Translations[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ware (comparative more ware, superlative most ware)
- (obsolete) wary; cautious
- Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
- Of whom be thou ware also.
- Latimer
- He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
- Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
Etymology 4[edit]
Old English
Noun[edit]
ware
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ware
- the inflected formFAQ of waar
Verb[edit]
ware
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ware
- See われ
Maori[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ware
Noun[edit]
ware
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈwaːrə/
Noun[edit]
ware f
Declension[edit]
Declension of ware (weak)
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ware | waren |
| accusative | ware | waren |
| genitive | waren | waren |
| dative | ware(n) | waren |
Descendants[edit]
- Dutch: waar
Scots[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: [wer], [war], [voːr]
Noun[edit]
ware (plural wares)
- spring, springtime
- cold weather in springtime
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: [weːr]
Noun[edit]
ware (plural wares)
- a type of seaweed
Derived terms[edit]
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- English poetic terms
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