aware
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Adjective 2 meanings
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
“Stay aware! Don't let your guard down.”
Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.
“Are you aware of what is being said about you?”
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”).
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AWARE at a glance
AWARE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (A 1 + W 4 + A 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,666 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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