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Definition of Aware
1. Adjective. (sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception. "Aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"
Attributes: Awareness, Cognisance, Cognizance, Consciousness, Knowingness
Also: Awake, Witting, Conscious, Sensible, Sensitive
Similar to: Alert, Alive, Awake, Conscious, Sensible
Derivative terms: Awareness, Cognisance, Cognise, Cognizance, Cognize
Antonyms: Unaware
2. Adjective. Bearing in mind; attentive to. "Mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action"
Attributes: Heedfulness, Mindfulness
Similar to: Careful, Heedful, Evocative, Redolent, Remindful, Reminiscent, Resonant
Derivative terms: Awareness, Awareness, Mindfulness
Antonyms: Unmindful
Definition of Aware
1. a. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Definition of Aware
1. Adjective. Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty. ¹
2. Adjective. Conscious or having knowledge of something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aware
1. having perception or knowledge [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aware
Literary usage of Aware
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"Are you aware, that whenever a person makes an end of looking at objects, ...
I am fully aware of it. But whenever the same person looks at objects on which ..."
2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"Miss Gwendolen, quite aware that she was adored by this unexceptionable young
clergyman with pale whiskers and square-cut collar, felt nothing more on the ..."
3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"He was aware that he must not expect a genius in Mr Rushworth ; but as a
well-judging, steady young man, with better notions than his elocution would do ..."
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