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Definitions for Beware
bɪˈwɛərbe·ware

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. beware, mindverb

    be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to

    "Beware of telephone salesmen"

Wiktionary

  1. bewareverb

    To use caution, pay attention (to) (if intransitive, construed with of).

  2. Etymology: Compound of be- and the verb ware

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Bewareverb

    Etymology: from be and ware, or wary; that is, cautious:

    You must beware of drawing or painting clouds, winds, and thunder, towards the bottom of your piece. John Dryden, Dufres.

    Every one ought to be very careful to beware what he admits for a principle. John Locke.

    Warn’d by the sylph, oh, pious maid, beware!
    This to disclose is all thy guardian can;
    Beware of all, but most beware of man. Alexander Pope, Rape of the L.

Wikipedia

  1. Beware

    Beware is a song by American hip hop recording artist Big Sean taken from his second studio album Hall of Fame (2013). "Beware" was released on June 25, 2013, as the album's third single, through GOOD and Def Jam. The song was written by Sean Anderson, Dwayne Carter, Dwane Weir II, and Alexander Izquierdo, while production was handled by frequent collaborator Key Wane and Mike Dean and features guest appearances from rapper Lil Wayne and singer Jhené Aiko. Musically "Beware" is a hip hop song, backed by "poppy" and "head-bobbing" production, with lyrics that revolve around themes of infidelity and breaking up. Upon release "Beware" was met with generally positive reviews from music critics; who praised the song's musical direction and the inclusion of Jhene Aiko. Commercially the song fared well reaching the top forty of US Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, since its release the song has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bewareverb

    to be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided

  2. Bewareverb

    to have a special regard; to heed

  3. Bewareverb

    to avoid; to take care of; to have a care for

Wikidata

  1. Beware

    Beware was the fifth release from the Lodi, New Jersey horror punk band The Misfits. Since it was originally intended to be available for the group's 1979 UK tour, it combined two earlier, out of print releases, with the substitution of one new track.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Beware

    be-wār′, v.i. to be on one's guard: to be suspicious of danger: to take care (with of; with clause—lest, that, not, how). [From the words be and ware run together. See Wary.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Beware in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Beware in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Beware in a Sentence

  1. Lakshheish M Patel:

    If you have Rs.5 lakh in your bank accounts and trading in stock market, then after a year you will find that the balance in bank account has become Rs.4 Lakh and this is despite your daily profit as seen in ledger or contract document, no stock keeping in your portfolio and capital gain showing Rs.2.5 lakhs. The difference of Rs.1 lakh is stealthily taken out from your account by brokerage firms and even your capital gain profit is all hoodwinking. BEWARE OF BROKERS

  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

  3. Aesop:

    Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

  4. Jean Jacques Rousseau:

    Your first appearance, he said to me, is the gauge by which you will be measured try to manage that you may go beyond yourself in after times, but beware of ever doing less.

  5. Julius Caesar:

    Beware the Ides of March

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