English Online Dictionary. What means awareness? What does awareness mean?
English
Etymology
From aware + -ness.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈwɛɚ.nəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈwɛə.nəs/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈweː.nəs/
- (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /əˈweə.nəs/
- (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /əˈwiə.nəs/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /əˈweɹ.nəs/
- (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /əˈwɜː(ɹ).nəs/
- Hyphenation: aware‧ness
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs
Noun
awareness (usually uncountable, plural awarenesses)
- The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
- The state or quality of being aware of something.
Synonyms
- (state of consciousness): consciousness, wakefulness
- (state of being aware of something): knowledge, consciousness