Aware

Definition: Aware

Aware

Adjective

1. (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit".

2. Bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action".

3. Aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists".

4. (usually followed by `of') having knowledge or understanding; "our youth are cognizant of the law"; "I am well aware of his limitations".

5. Alert and fully informed; "politically aware"; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "the most...technically aware of the novelists under thirty"- W.S.Graham; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aware" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Aware \A*ware"\, adjective. [from Old English expression iwar, Anglo-Saxon gew[ae]r, from w[ae]r wary. The prefix ge- originally meant together, completely. See Wary.]. (Websters 1913)

Tips from 1870

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AWARE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Aware

Intellect

Verb: note, notice, mark; take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of; realize; appreciate; ruminate; (think); fancy; (imagine).

Knowledge

Verb: know, ken, scan, wot; wot aware, be aware; Adjective:- of; ween, weet, trow, have, possess.

Aware of, cognizant of, conscious of; acquainted with, made acquainted with; privy to, no stranger to; au -fait, au courant; in the secret; up to, alive to; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; let into; apprized of, informed of; undeceived.

Crosswords: Aware

Afterwards, I was aware of the rules. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Life in the wide world goes on much as it has these past age, full of its own comings and goings, scarcely aware of the existence of hobbits for which I am very thankful. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I'm a bitch, I'm a mother, I'm her brother, It's a charmer as I volumise my hair, I am not aware. (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa)

And suddenly very aware and proud of my breasts. (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford)

Yeah, but, you are aware that there's an invention called television, and on this invention they show shows, right? (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

And he ain't aware (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC)

I am aware now (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby? (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE)

I'm aware that you're cheating (Upside Down; performing artist: Diana Ross)

With you standing there, I'm so aware (Ballerina Girl; performing artist: Lionel Richie)

You are an engineer if you are aware that computers are actually only good for playing games, but are afraid to say it out loud. (references; author: unknown)

Boys Aware (1973)

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References

• Aware Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Avalanche Aware (FalconGuide) (reference)

• Florida: Be Aware (Or Beware)!! [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer: Extraordinary Ordinary People on the Art of Staying Creative, Alive, and Aware in Midlife and Beyond (reference)

• The Aware Baby (reference)

• The Voice Dialogue Facilitator's Handbook, Part I: A Step By Step Guide To Working With The Aware Ego (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Aware (reference)

• Positively Aware (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Bear Aware Safety (reference)

• Bear Aware Safety Video (reference)

• Decisions: How to Be an Aware Consumer (reference)

• Greentoons - Environmentally Aware Animals (reference)

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Music

• Aware Greatest Hits (reference)

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High Tech

• Adtran Dsu Iq Fr Aware Snmp 56/64K Slip/Ppp V35 Eia-232 Dte (reference)

• Adtran Tsu Iq Frame Relay Aware Snmp (reference)

• Adtran Tsu Iq+ Frame Relay Aware Dsu/Csu Snmp T1/Ft1 Dsu/Csu with Dsx-1 (reference)

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Are you aware that we are now sailing over an oceanic abyss more than two and ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more womanpower in airplane plants and airports, Mrs. Majorie Landa has enlisted as a member of the repair crew of the Washington National Airport. Daughter of the late Congressman Frank Mande. Credit: Library of Congress.

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She is not a clever girl, but she has better sense than you are aware of, and does not deserve to have her understanding spoken of so slightingly.

Thenardier was to her, without her being really aware of it, a sort of being apart and sovereign.

He understood little or nothing of it at first but he became slowly aware that his father had enemies and that some fight was going to take place.

I am not aware that any man has ever built on the spot which I occupy.

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Health

If this happens to you, be aware of your rights. (references)

Most people infected with HSV-2 are not aware of their infection. (references)

Be aware of noise around you that can make hearing more difficult. (references)

Business

Consequently, people are now more aware of car security devices. (references)

However, the exporter needs to be aware of and respect local customs. (references)

Consumers have become more aware of high quality, lower priced goods. (references)

Children

Samoa

The police have noted an increase in reported cases of child abuse, which is attributed to citizens becoming more aware of the need to report the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Nigeria

Governors of both states accepted the offer of assistance and stated that they had not been aware of the problem; however, CAN did not provide any teachers in either state during the year. (references)

Russia

Improperly documented passengers are deported systematically, including persons who demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution in their countries of origin; the UNHCR was aware of 43 such cases during the year. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

CS Turkey is aware of two disputes involving the GOT. (references)

Azerbaijan

The GoAJ is aware that corruption is a serious problem. (references)

Russia

Policy makers are keenly aware of the risks on the horizon, most notably inflation. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Activists in Maraba confirmed that they were aware of military surveillance. (references)

Brazil

Defendants are entitled to counsel and must be made fully aware of the charges against them. (references)

Chad

Once central authorities became aware of the incident, the central Government tried to restore peace. (references)

Political Economy

MALAYSIA

The Malaysian government is aware of the problem and has expressed its determination to move against illegal operations. (references)

Costa Rica

The Costa Rican government is aware of the problem and is working on a new land titling system, but progress has been slow. (references)

GUATEMALA

Importers should be aware that the Ministry of Health requires a Free Sale Certificate for imports of all processed food products. (references)

Political Rights

Ethiopia

In August the NEB made a statement indicating that the Government was aware of election irregularities and that the harassment of persons in the SNNPRS had impeded the organization of local elections. (references)

Trade

Armenia

Food importers should be aware that products' labels must have at least the manufacturer's name, contents, weight, and best before data. (references)

Croatia

Exporters from the U.S. must be aware that most technology can be exported from the United States to Croatia under general export licenses. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Travelers should be aware of the possible dangers of off-road travel. (references)

Netherlands

Be aware that a verbal commitment can be considered a legally binding contract. (references)

Malaysia

Visiting businesspeople should be aware of religious and cultural sensitivities. (references)

Women

Chile

The public is becoming increasingly aware of the extent of physical abuse of women. (references)

Ethiopia

Social practices obstruct investigations into rape and the prosecution of the rapist, and many women are not aware of their rights under the law. (references)

Solomon Islands

The National Council of Women and other NGO's have attempted to make women more aware of their legal rights through seminars, workshops, and other activities. (references)

Worker Rights

Russia

The belief that women are aware of the risks involved but choose to go anyway is pervasive. (references)

Oman

Many foreign workers are not aware of their right to take such disputes before the Labor Welfare Board. (references)

Singapore

Almost all foreign prostitutes reportedly are aware when they enter the country that they will be employed as prostitutes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "aware": as far as i am aware ♦ aware of ♦ be aware ♦ be aware of ♦ be aware of smth. ♦ become aware ♦ become aware of ♦ become aware of smth. ♦ make aware of ♦ make smb. aware of ♦ make smb. aware of smth. ♦ make smb. aware of their responsibility ♦ making smb. aware of their responsibility ♦ not aware ♦ not aware of ♦ not that i am aware of ♦ not to be aware of ♦ well aware. Additional references.

Beginning with "aware": aware-holland.

Ending with "aware": half-aware, well-aware.

Afrikaans

besef (awareness, be aware of, be conscious of, consciousness, notion, realise, realization, realize, sense, understand). (various references)

Albanian

i vetëdijshëm (conscientious, conscious, opinionated, overweening, reliant), i informuar (informed). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مدرك (appreciator, apprehensive, conscious, discerning, intelligent, knowing, perceptible, perceptive, percipient, rational, reasonable), ‏واع (circumspect, conscious, mindful, sentient, wise), ‏عارف ب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

който съзнава (ware), който усеща (ware), който чувствува (ware), който знае (ware), който долавя (ware), осъзнал се, осведомен (advised, cognizant, conversant, informed, intelligent, privy, wise). (various references)

Chinese 

自覺 (conscious), 覺 (a nap, a sleep, awake, feel, find that, thinking), 明白 (Clear), 察覺 (conscious). (various references)

Czech

informovaný (informed, knowledgeable). (various references)

Dutch

welbewust (conscious), bewust (concerned, conscious, in question). (various references)

Esperanto

konscia (conscious). (various references)

Faeroese

vera greiður um (be aware of, be conscious of, realize). (various references)

Farsi 

ملتفت (Attentive, Conscious), مواظب (Alert, Assiduous, Attendant, Attentive, Careful, Cautious, Heedful, Shy, Tooter, Watchful, Watchman), اگاه (Cognizant, Conscious, Conversant, Hep), باخبر (Cognizant, Conscious), بااطلاع . (various references)

Finnish

tietää (be aware, be conscious of, have knowledge of, know, know how, mean, signify), tajuta (apprehend, be aware of, be conscious of, comprehend, grasp, have a taste for, realize), olla tietoinen jostakin (be aware of, have knowledge of, know about), oivallan sen täydellisesti (I am fully aware of that), huomata (become aware of, catch sight of, detect, discover, find, note, notice, observe, perceive, see), havaita (become aware of, discover, note, notice, observe, perceive, realize, see). (various references)

French

conscient. (various references)

German

bewusst (conscious, consciously, convinced, deliberate, deliberately, intentional, intentionally, knowingly, purposely, self-aware, sensible, studious, studiously), begierig (acquisitive, avid, avidly, desirous, desirously, eager, greedy, hungry, keen, thirstily, thirsty, wishful). (various references)

Greek 

γνωρίζων (conscious, knowing, knowingly). (various references)

Hebrew 

מו�"ע (conscious, sensible, wise), ער� י (alert, pert, sprightly, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, wide awake). (various references)

Hungarian

tudomással bíró (cognizant), tudatában van (be conscious of, to realize), tájékozott (in the know, informed, knowing, ware). (various references)

Icelandic

gera sig grein fyrir (be aware of, be conscious of, realize). (various references)

Indonesian

terbangun (awaken, be constructed, become aware), penyadaran (awareness, process of making aware), menyadari (be aware of, realize), memikiri (be aware, mindful of, think about, worry over), melek (be awake, be aware of the world, literate), enga (be aware, be concious). (various references)

Italian

cosciente (conscious). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

気がつく (to become aware, to come to oneself, to notice, to perceive, to realize, to recover consciousness), 気が付く (to become aware, to come to oneself, to notice, to perceive, to realize, to recover consciousness), 気づく (to become aware of, to notice, to perceive, to realize, to recognize), 気付く (to become aware of, to notice, to perceive, to realize, to recognize). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きがつく (to become aware, to come to oneself, to notice, to perceive, to realize, to recover consciousness), きづく (to become aware of, to notice, to perceive, to realize, to recognize). (various references)

Korean 

명심하�". (various references)

Manx

twoaieagh (apprehensive, careful, cautious, circumspect, northern person, northerner, northsider, on the look out, vigilant, wary), er-twoaie (vigilant). (various references)

Papiamen

konsiente (conscious). (various references)

Pig Latin

awareay

Polish

mieć świadomość. (various references)

Portuguese

ciente (cognizant). (various references)

Romanian

conştient (conscious, consciously, knowingly, open, sensible, wittingly), care-şi dã seama. (various references)

Russian 

знающий (acquainted, cognizant, informed, knowing, sciential, sussed). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svestan (awake, cognizant, conscious, hip, mindful, ware). (various references)

Spanish

al corriente (in the swim, informed, posted), consciente (alive, conscious). (various references)

Swedish

medveten (conscious, knowing, mindful, sensible). (various references)

Thai

ตระหนักรู้. (various references)

Turkish

uyanık (alert, argus-eyed, astir, awake, canny, conscious, enterprising, fly, guarded, heady, leery, nimble, on the alert, open-eyed, sharp, shrewd, sleepless, smart, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake, with it), tetikte (argus-eyed, at full cock, guarded, on the alert, quick on the trigger, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, watchful), haberdar (au fait, cognizant, hip, informed, knowing, on to), farkında olan (awake, cognizant, hip), farkında (alive, conscious, sensible), bílínçlí (conscious). (various references)

Ukrainian

обізнаний (acquainted, adept, cognizant, conversant, expert, informed, well informed), знаючий (cognizant, deep read, intelligent, knowing, well read, wise), поінформований (conversant, enlightened, familiar, intelligenced). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nhận thấy, nhận thức thấy, biết (cognizant). (various references)

Welsh

ymwybodol (conscious), hysbys (evident, known, manifest). (various references)

conscius, prudens, prudente, prudentem, prudentes, prudenti, prudentia, prudentibus, prudentiores, prudentis, prudentissima, prudentissime, prudentissimo, prudentissimus, prudentium, prudentius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "aware": awareness, awarenesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "aware": chinaware, hyperaware, seaware, teaware, unaware. (additional references)

Words containing "aware": chinawares, hyperawareness, hyperawarenesses, seawares, teawares, unawarely, unawareness, unawarenesses, unawares. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Aware" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aaaarg, aarde, aare, Abara, Abare, Abarew, Adare, Adaro, afare, alara, amaray, amare, amari, amaro, amware, anare, Anwarpe, anwars, Anwatr, apara, asar, Ataret, avare, Avarua, awade, Awale, Awaleh, awane, awar, awarde, awardee, awared, awaree, Awareh, awarer, awarere, awares, awarey, awars, awave, awaye, aweary, awife, awire, awired, Awori, awray, awre, Awwrr, ayare, azaire, Azara, Azwar, fasware, Iswari, Iwsra, jacare, Jawari, Kawabe, Mawere, Nazarev, Qawar, Salwarpe, Sarwari, Sawairi, Tanwaru, Tawara, Tawere, Wamwere. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: area, ware, wear.

-2 letters: are, awa, awe, ear, era, raw, wae, war.

-3 letters: aa, ae, ar, aw, er, re, we.

+1 letter: aweary, earwax.

+2 letters: airwave, areaway, awaiter, awarded, awardee, awarder, barware, raceway, reawake, seaward, seaware, teaware, unaware, warfare, warhead, warpage.

+3 letters: airwaves, antiwear, areaways, awaiters, awakener, awardees, awarders, aweather, barwares, caneware, clayware, drawable, earwaxes, eastward, flatware, hardware, hereaway, lawmaker, narwhale, playwear, raceways, radwaste, rainwear, rearward, reawaked, reawaken, reawakes, seawards, seawares, seawater, swarajes, tearaway, teawares, terawatt, unawares, warfares, warheads, warmaker, warpages, warplane, waterage, waterman, waterway, wayfarer, waylayer, wearable, wharfage, wheatear.