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.]

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   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. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   (C)(P) INFORMATION IS A COMMODITY IN THIS AGE OF TECHNOTYRANNY. BEWARE THE COMMODITIZATION OF INFORMATION IN THIS TECHNOTYRANNICAL REVOLUTION.

2. Aesop:

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

3. RICARDO(RAS CARDO)SCOTT B.A., M.S.R, J.D.:

   ***(c)(p) THE DEVIL GOES TO CHURCH AND SITS IN THE FRONT SEAT. BEWARE, HE MAY EVEN PREACH THE SERMON. KNOW THIS:- IT IS HARD TO JUDGE DISTANCE BY LIGHT, EVEN AT NIGHT. MAINTAIN GOOD SIGHT WITH JAH AS YOUR LIGHT.

4. Donald Knuth:

   Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it

5. Muriel Rukeyser:

   I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.

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