awareness

[ uh-wair-nis ]

/ əˈwɛər nɪs /

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noun

the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.

Nearby words

awakening, award, award wage, awardee, aware, awareness, awash, awato, away, away goal, away-going crop

Origin of awareness

aware + -ness

Related formshy·per·a·ware·ness, nouno·ver·a·ware·ness, nounself-a·ware·ness, noun

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Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.
Would You Pay $100 For a 50 Cent Bulge? Men’s Undies Get Expensive|James Joiner|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just that awareness and fear too now so that I was convinced I could not speak.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However we strain to distract ourselves, our consciousness of death heightens our awareness of evil.
McConaughey’s ‘Stand’—And Ours|James Poulos|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And she will—naturally—continue to raise all the awareness possible with the help of her preferred social-networking service.
Morgan Fairchild: Badass Foreign Policy Wonk|Asawin Suebsaeng|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“AIDS is effecting the world, so I wanted to heighten the awareness that we are all in the same boat,” Mooney said.
Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother|Justin Jones|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays|Bertrand Russell
He was a little disconcerted at her divination of his motives, her awareness of her own power.
The Immortal Moment|May Sinclair
There must be awareness of something; and a definite question should be directed towards the nature of that something.
Spencer's Philosophy of Science|C. Lloyd Morgan
All my life I have had an awareness of other times and places.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)|Jack London
There is no tenderness, no awareness of each other, in these men and women.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld

Word Origin and History for awareness

awareness

1828, from aware + -ness.

awareness

noun

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