aware

See also: Aware

English

Etymology

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

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛə/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /əˈweːɹ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: aware

Adjective

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.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
  “ […] 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.
Are you aware of what is being said about you?

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

unaware

Derived terms

awareness
locale-aware
self-aware
well aware
well-aware

Related terms

wary
beware

Translations

vigilant, on one's guard

Armenian: զգոն (hy) (zgon)
Catalan: vigilant (ca) m, a l’aguait, atent (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 警惕的 (jǐngtì de)
Czech: bdělý (cs) m, ostražitý m
Dutch: waakzaam (nl), op zijn hoede
Finnish: valpas (fi)
French: attentif (fr), vigilant (fr), en éveil, en alerte, sur ses gardes (fr)
German: wachsam (de), gewahr (de)
Indonesian: waspada (id)
Italian: all'erta
Portuguese: alerta (pt)
Russian: бди́тельный (ru) (bdítelʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: будан, budan (sh)
Spanish: alerta (es)
Tagalog: naiino, nakaiino
Tatar: saq
Ukrainian: пи́льний (pýlʹnyj)

having knowledge of something

Armenian: տեղյակ (hy) (tełyak), գիտակից (hy) (gitakicʿ)
Azerbaijani: xəbərdar, agah (az), hali
Belarusian: дасве́дчаны (dasvjédčany), ве́даючы (vjédajučy)
Catalan: conscient (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 知道的 (zhīdào de), 意識到的／意识到的 (yìshídào de)
Czech: vědom (cs), znalý m
Dutch: op de hoogte zijn
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tietoinen (fi)
French: conscient (fr), au courant (fr)
German: bewusst (de), gewahr (de)
Indonesian: sadar (id)
Irish: eolach
Italian: consapevole (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاگادار‎ (ku) (agadar)
Latin: cōnscius
Old English: ġewær, ġecnǣwe
Persian: آگاه‎ (fa) (âgâh)
Polish: świadom (pl) m, świadomy (pl) m
Portuguese: consciente (pt), ciente (pt)
Russian: зна́ющий (ru) (znájuščij), осведомлённый (ru) (osvedomljónnyj), све́дущий (ru) (svéduščij), в ку́рсе (ru) (v kúrse)
Scottish Gaelic: fiosrach
Serbo-Croatian: свестан, svestan (sh), свестан, svjestan (sh)
Spanish: consciente (es), conocedor (es), sabedor (es), entendido (es), entendedor (es), avezado (es)
Swedish: medveten (sv)
Tagalog: naiino, nakaiino
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: зна́ючий (znájučyj), обі́знаний (uk) (obíznanyj)

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} осведомен (bg) (osvedomen); ^{(please verify)} който съзнава, усеща, чувствува, долавя, знае (kojto sǎznava, usešta, čuvstvuva, dolavja, znae)
German: ^{(please verify)} bewusst (de), ^{(please verify)} gewahr (de), ^{(please verify)} gewärtig (de)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} tudatában van (hu)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} conscio (it), ^{(please verify)} consapevole (it)

Japanese

Romanization

aware

Rōmaji transcription of あわれ