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| abreast |
side by side. [1/2 definitions] |
| alert |
to warn or make aware. [1/3 definitions] |
| alive to |
keenly aware of. |
| apperceive |
to be aware of perceiving; comprehend. |
| apperception |
perception that the mind is aware and conscious of. [1/2 definitions] |
| appreciate |
to be well aware of. [1/4 definitions] |
| awake |
very aware; alert. [1/5 definitions] |
| awaken |
to make sharply aware. [1/2 definitions] |
| awareness |
the state or condition of being aware. |
| clue in |
to provide with information or make aware. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usu. fol. by "of"). |
| conscious |
awake; able to feel, think, hear, and see. [2/3 definitions] |
| consciousness |
the state of being awake or aware. |
| consciousness-raising |
a process in which people are made more sensitive or aware of others, and thus gain understanding and sympathy for their situation, used in combating discrimination. [1/2 definitions] |
| distant |
seeming to be in one's own world and not aware of other people or their feelings. [1/3 definitions] |
| feel |
to sense or be aware of. [1/7 definitions] |
| feel one's oats |
to be unusually energetic, or to be newly aware of one's freedom or power. |
| forestall |
to be aware of beforehand; get ahead of; anticipate. [1/3 definitions] |
| grounded |
aware of; concerned with, or experiencing the ordinary problems of real life that most people experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| have one's ear to the ground |
to pay attention to or be aware of upcoming ideas and events. |
| hip4 |
aware of, participating in, or belonging to the latest fashions in music, language, clothing, and the like; cool or fashionable. [2 definitions] |
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