AWARE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

aware that he had exceeded the speed limit

Synonyms:

aware; cognisant; cognizant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

alert; alive; awake (mentally perceptive and responsive)

conscious ((followed by 'of') showing realization or recognition of something)

sensible (aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed)

Also:

awake (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious)

witting (aware or knowing)

conscious (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts)

sensible; sensitive (able to feel or perceive)

Attribute:

awareness; cognisance; cognizance; consciousness; knowingness (having knowledge of)

Antonym:

unaware ((often followed by 'of') not aware)

Derivation:

awareness (having knowledge of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bearing in mind; attentive to

Example:

mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action

Synonyms:

aware; mindful

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

careful; heedful (cautiously attentive)

evocative; redolent; remindful; reminiscent; resonant (serving to bring to mind)

Attribute:

heedfulness; mindfulness (the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities)

Derivation:

awareness (having knowledge of)

awareness (state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness)

Credits

Context examples:

You are yourself aware that you will soon have to answer for your deed at a higher court than the Assizes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Suddenly I became aware of him, leaning back from the table and listening curiously to our alien speech of a world he did not know.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At the end of half an hour the man was aware of a warm trickle in his throat.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

She was aware herself, that, parting under any other circumstances, they certainly should have corresponded more, and that her intelligence would not have rested, as it now almost wholly did, on Isabella's letters.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A type of study that stipulates both the health provider and the subject be aware of the drug or treatment assignment.

(Open label study, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of study in which both the health providers and the patients are aware of the drug or treatment being given.

(Open label study, NCI Dictionary)

But you should be aware of it if you are traveling to the Middle East or parts of Central America, South America, Asia, Africa or southern Europe.

(Leishmaniasis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Safety also involves being aware of others.

(Motor Vehicle Safety, NIH)

I was aware also that I should often lose all self-command, all capacity of hiding the harrowing sensations that would possess me during the progress of my unearthly occupation.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The point at which a person becomes aware of pain.