aware
UK/əˈwɛə/
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British/əˈwɛː/
aware adjective: vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Adjective
aware (comparative more aware or awarer, superlative most aware or awarest)
Verb
aware (third-person singular simple present awares, present participle awaring, simple past and past participle awared)
- 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.1799, William Earle, Junior, Natural Faults: A Comedy, in Five Acts, London: […] sold by Earle and Hemet […], [Act II, scene i], page 17
aware meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
aware in Hindi
- aware, conscious
- सचेत sacet
- aware, alert, conscious
- जागरूक jāgrūk
- aware, mindful, attentive
- सावधान sāvdhān
aware in Tamil
- அறிந்துள்ள, தெரிந்துள்ள, விழிப்புள்ள
aware in Marathi
- vigilant, on one's guard
- जागृत jāgŕt
aware in Urdu
- aware, mindful, attentive
- ساودھان sāvdhān
- aware; familiarity
- کھوج khoj
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- aware in Bengali
- সচেতন, অবগত, সতর্ক
- aware in Malayalam
- അവബോധമുള്ള, ഒരു വ്യക്തിയെക്കുറിച്ച് അറിവുളള, ജാഗ്രതയുള്ള, ഉണർവ്വുള്ള
- aware in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿದಿರುವ, ಅರಿತಿರುವ
- aware in Punjabi
- ਜਾਣੂ jāṇū
- aware in Odia
- ସଚେତନ
- aware in Tagalog
- naiino, nakaiino
- aware in Indonesian
- waspada, insaf
- aware in Persian
- آگاه âgâh
Examples of aware in a sentence
- To prevent any shooting accidents, remember to clear your pistol and stay aware of your surroundings.
- I minored in physics at university, so am acutely aware of atomic structure.
- He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.
Synonyms of aware
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Antonyms
Forms of aware
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more aware |
| comparative | awarer |
| superlative | most aware |
| superlative | awarest |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | awares |
| present participle | awaring |
| past participle | awared |
| past | awared |
Origin of aware
Inherited 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 (“attentive”), from *wer- (“to heed; watch out”). Cognate with Dutch gewaar, German gewahr, Danish var, Swedish var, Icelandic varr.
Words formed from aware
Phrases with aware
Words that rhyme with aware
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- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about aware
- What does aware mean?
- Aware means vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
- What is aware in Hindi?
- Aware in Hindi is सचेत (sacet), जागरूक (jāgrūk), सावधान (sāvdhān). See Aware meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aware?
- Aware can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce aware?
- Aware is pronounced /əˈwɛə/ (UK).
Words near aware in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aware (page history and authors); जागरूक (Hindi) (page history and authors); aware (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ساودھان (Urdu) (page history and authors); aware (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aware (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aware (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਾਣੂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); aware (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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