Definitions for beware
bɪˈwɛərbe·ware

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. beware, mind(verb)

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

   "Beware of telephone salesmen"

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1. beware(Verb)

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

   Etymology: Compound of be- and the verb ware

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Beware(verb)

   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. Beware(verb)

   to have a special regard; to heed

3. Beware(verb)

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

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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.

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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.]

How to pronounce beware?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Henry David Thoreau:

   I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

2. Vikrant Parsai:

   Barking dogs seldom bite, but beware of those dogs that know this proverb.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Do not bless all the changes; change must be progressive; if not, we must not call it as change; the correct name is deterioration or decaying! Beware of the changes! Any change which is not progressive is just a rotting!

4. Bokonon:

   Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.

5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.

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