aware
//əˈwɛə//
Forms
- Comparative
- more aware
- Superlative
- most aware
Definitions
1.Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
- Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.
2.Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.
- Are you aware of what is being said about you?
- Gotta get going. I wasn’t aware that it was already so late.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1506
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Inherited 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”).