aware
adjective
- knowledgeable
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈwɛə̯/ / [əˈwɛə̯] / /əˈwɛɚ/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- 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?”
“Gotta get going. I wasn’t aware that it was already so late.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- 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.”