wellaware
adjective
1.
having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
2.
informed; alert; knowledgeable; sophisticated: She is one of the most politically aware young women around.
Origin:
before 1100; Middle English, variant of iwar, Old English gewær watchful (cognate with Old High German, Old Saxon giwar, German gewahr), equivalent to ge- y- + wær ware2
before 1100; Middle English, variant of iwar, Old English gewær watchful (cognate with Old High German, Old Saxon giwar, German gewahr), equivalent to ge- y- + wær ware2
Related forms
a·ware·ness, noun
hy·per·a·ware, adjective
self-a·ware, adjective
well-a·ware, adjective
Antonyms
1. oblivious.
1. oblivious.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —adj (foll by of) | |
| 1. | having knowledge; cognizant: aware of his error |
| 2. | informed of current developments: politically aware |
| [Old English gewær; related to Old Saxon, Old High German giwar Latin verērī to be fearful; see | |
| a'wareness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
aware
late O.E., gewær, from ge- intens. prefix + wær "wary, cautious," from P.Gmc. *ga-waraz (see wary). Related: Awareness.
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