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Beware Pronunciation
Beware is pronounced bi-WER, IPA /bɪˈwɛr/.
bi-WER
US /bɪˈwɛr/ · UK /bɪˈweə/
Syllables: bi · WER (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To be careful of something dangerous, used mainly as a warning.
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Beware in a Sentence
- Beware of the step on the way out.
- Visitors are told to beware of falling rocks.
- Beware anyone offering a guaranteed return.
Common Mispronunciations of Beware
Not BEE-wer
The opening is a quick bi with nothing stressed in it, and the whole word tips forward onto WER.
Not bi-WAHR
The -are ending is the air of fair, not the ahr of car, so the word rhymes with aware.
Tip: Beware works only as a warning or an instruction, which is why it almost never appears in the past tense.
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