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, Danish var, Swedish var, Icelandic varr. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈwɛə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈwɛɚ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /əˈweːɹ/ 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. Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake. ==== Synonyms ==== (on one's guard): wary, watchful, sensitive, alert, attentive, observant (conscious of something): apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindful ==== Antonyms ==== unaware ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== wary beware ==== Translations ==== === 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. == 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(key): [aβaːɺ̢e] (West Suriname) IPA(key): [aʋaːɺ̢e] (East Suriname) IPA(key): [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[2], 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[3], 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