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ware
1[wair]
noun
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 saleable.
an actor advertising his wares.
a specified kind or class of merchandise or of manufactured article (usually used in combination).
silverware;
glassware.
pottery, or a particular kind of pottery.
delft ware.
Archaeology.a group of ceramic types classified according to paste and texture, surface modification, as burnish or glaze, and decorative motifs rather than shape and color.
ware
2[wair]
ware
3[wair]
verb (used with object)
to spend; expend.
ware
4[wair]
noun
the first season in the year; spring.
-ware
5a combining form extracted from software, occurring as the final element in words that refer to a specified kind or class of software.
spyware;
shareware.
ware
1/ ɛə /
noun
(functioning as singular) articles of the same kind or material
glassware
silverware
porcelain or pottery of a specified type
agateware
jasper ware
ware
3/ ɛə /
verb
dialect(tr) to spend or squander
–w
A suffix that means “software,” as in shareware.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of –w1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of –w1
Origin of –w2
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Example Sentences
Shopping: Both downtown Weaverville and Lewiston are home to cute shops selling local wares.
The top orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, New York, Munich and elsewhere play popular concerts in parks, often awaking new audiences to their wares.
Hawkers encroach upon roads and footpaths to sell their wares, forcing pedestrians onto busy roads and further complicating traffic flow.
At Smartshooter’s stand, an affable representative showed off the company’s wares to a rotating crowd, holding up a mock rifle for customers to try.
Fans and customers can stroll onto the floor that was once filled with racks of trendy women’s apparel to watch them work and perhaps buy some of their wares.
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When To Use
The combining form -ware is used like a suffix meaning “software,” a program used to direct a computer. It is occasionally used in technical terms, especially in computer science.The form -ware comes from the word software. The word software itself was coined around 1955 to contrast with hardware, a much older term used to refer to mechanical equipment. Learn more at our entry for hardware.
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