awareness

B1 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /əˈwɛɚ.nəs/ UK /əˈwɛə.nəs/
noun Freq #10500

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Knowledge or understanding that something exists or is happening.

    The campaign aims to raise awareness of climate change.

  2. 2
    noun

    The state of being conscious and able to notice things around you.

    She slowly regained awareness after the operation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · knowledge or understanding... knowingness
2 noun · the state of being... consciousnesswakefulness
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Word family
Forms awarenesses
Derived forms coawarenesscyberawarenessecoawarenesslocale-awarenessmeta-awarenessnonawarenessself-awarenesswell-awareness

Etymology

From aware + -ness.

Topics

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