# 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: /əˈwɛɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈwɛə/
* (Scotland) IPA: /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; 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

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

#### Antonyms

* unaware

#### Derived terms

* awarely
* awareness
* hyperaware
* locale-aware
* locale-awareness
* self-aware
* self-awareness
* well-aware
* well aware
* well-awareness

#### Related terms

* wary
* beware

#### Translations

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### Verb

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
### Romanization

aware
* Rōmaji transcription of あわれ

## Kari'na
### Etymology

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

* (Venezuela) IPA: [aβaːɺ̢e]
* (West Suriname) IPA: [aʋaːɺ̢e]
* (East Suriname) IPA: [awaːɺ̢e]

### Noun

aware (possessed jawarery)
* the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis
* used as a strong insult when applied to people

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, 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, Paris, 1956, page 122

## Yanomamö
### Etymology

Compare Kari'na aware, Trió aware, Wayana awale, Akawaio aware, Pemon aware, Ye'kwana yawade / dhawade, Lokono jaware, Sranan Tongo awari.

### Noun

aware
* the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis