Definitions for awareness
aware·ness

Princeton's WordNet(3.83 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness(noun)

   having knowledge of

   "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

2. awareness, sentience(noun)

   state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

   "the crash intruded on his awareness"

Wiktionary(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. awareness(Noun)

   The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.

   I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.

2. awareness(Noun)

   The state or quality of being aware of something

   The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea

Freebase(3.64 / 22 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Awareness

   Awareness is the state or ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects, or sensory patterns. In this level of consciousness, sense data can be confirmed by an observer without necessarily implying understanding. More broadly, it is the state or quality of being aware of something. In biological psychology, awareness is defined as a human's or an animal's perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(1.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Awareness

   The act of "taking account" of an object or state of affairs. It does not imply assessment of nor attention to the qualities or nature of the object.

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1. awareness

   To have knowledge of

   She did have an awareness of what was required so she just got on with it.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'awareness' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2807

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'awareness' in Nouns Frequency: #1225

How to pronounce awareness?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say awareness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of awareness in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of awareness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of awareness in a Sentence

1. John Brennan:

   I have no awareness.

2. H.W. Mann:

   Act on awareness, not on thought

3. Jo Foellmi:

   This is an issue of public awareness.

4. Richard Aboulafia:

   You need humans for situational awareness.

5. Judge Hickson:

   The level of awareness certainly has increased.

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