aware

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

   Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.

2. 2
   adj

   Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.

   Are you aware of what is being said about you?

3. 3
   verb

   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.

4. 4
   adj

   bearing in mind

5. 5
   adj

   (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception

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.