awareness

[ uh-wair-nis ]
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noun
  1. 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.

Origin of awareness

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Other words from awareness

  • hy·per·a·ware·ness, noun
  • o·ver·a·ware·ness, noun
  • self-a·ware·ness, noun

Words Nearby awareness

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How to use awareness in a sentence

  • It consists in finding relations between the objects of thought with an immediate awareness of those relations.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • I think that was founded upon an awareness of what Marina had been doing and I suppose what he was doing.

    Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Bart had felt profoundly moved; now he snapped back to awareness of who he was and what he was doing.

    The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • The outside racket receded from Dalgetty's awareness and slowly he gathered in the trickle of sound.

    The Sensitive Man | Poul William Anderson
  • Barney Chard came up out of an uneasy sleep to the sudden sharp awareness that something was wrong.

    Gone Fishing | James H. Schmitz