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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɛərz/

From the verb ware: (⇒ conjugate)
wares is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
v 3rd person singular

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wares /wɛəz/ pl n
  1. articles of manufacture considered as being for sale
  2. any talent or asset regarded as a commercial or saleable commodity
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ware1 /wɛr/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Usually, wares. [plural] merchandise;
    goods:a peddler selling his wares in the market.
  2. a particular kind of merchandise:[uncountable]glassware.
  3. Ceramics pottery:[uncountable]delft ware.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ware1  (wâr),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Usually, wares. 
    • articles of merchandise or manufacture;
      goods:a peddler selling his wares.
    • any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:an actor advertising his wares.
  2. a specified kind or class of merchandise or of manufactured article (usually used in combination):silverware; glassware.
  3. Ceramicspottery, or a particular kind of pottery:delft ware.
  4. Archaeology, Ceramicsa group of ceramic types classified according to paste and texture, surface modification, as burnish or glaze, and decorative motifs rather than shape and color.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English waru; cognate with German Ware

ware2  (wâr),USA pronunciation adj., v., wared, war•ing. [Archaic.]
adj. 
  1. watchful, wary, or cautious.
  2. aware;
    conscious.

v.t. 
  1. to beware of (usually used in the imperative).
  • bef. 900; Middle English (adjective, adjectival and verb, verbal); Old English wær (adjective, adjectival); cognate with German gewahr aware, Old Norse varr

ware3  (wâr),USA pronunciation v.t., wared, war•ing. [Scot. and North Eng.]
  1. to spend;
    expend.
  • Old Norse verja to spend, invest
  • Middle English 1300–50

ware4  (wâr),USA pronunciation n. [Scot. and North Eng.]
  1. the first season in the year;
    spring.
  • Old Norse vār spring; perh. akin to Latin vēr (see vernal), Greek éar spring
  • Middle English 1250–1300

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