aware
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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, Swedish var, Icelandic varr.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈwɛɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈwɛə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /əˈweːɹ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: aware
Adjective
[edit]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; awake.
- Are you aware of what is being said about you?
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- “ […] 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (on one's guard): wary, watchful, sensitive, alert, attentive, observant
- (conscious of something): apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindful
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Verb
[edit]aware (third-person singular simple present awares, present participle awaring, simple past and past participle awared)
- (transitive, nonstandard) To make (someone) aware of something.
- 1799, William Earle, Junior, Natural Faults: A Comedy, in Five Acts, London: […] sold by Earle and Hemet […], [Act II, scene i], page 17:
- 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.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
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Kari'na
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cariban languages compare Trió aware, Wayana awale, Akawaio aware, Pemon aware, Ye'kwana yawade / dhawade, and from non-Cariban languages compare Lokono jaware, Sranan Tongo awari, Yanomamö aware.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Venezuela) IPA(key): [aβaːɺ̢e]
- (West Suriname) IPA(key): [aʋaːɺ̢e]
- (East Suriname) IPA(key): [awaːɺ̢e]
Noun
[edit]aware (possessed jawarery)
- the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis
- used as a strong insult when applied to people
References
[edit]- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 248
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aware”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 122; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 122
Yanomamö
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Kari'na aware, Trió aware, Wayana awale, Akawaio aware, Pemon aware, Ye'kwana yawade / dhawade, Lokono jaware, Sranan Tongo awari.
Noun
[edit]aware
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