awareness

English

Etymology

aware +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)nəs

Noun

Wikipedia awareness (usually uncountable; plural awarenesses)

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

   I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.

2. The state or quality of being aware of something

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

Synonyms

• (state of consciousness): consciousness, wakefulness
• (state of being aware of something): knowledge, consciousness

Translations

the state of consciousness

Bulgarian: съзнание (bg), осведоменост (bg) Catalan: consciència (ca) f. Czech: vědomí (cs) n. Dutch: besef (nl), bewustzijn (nl) Finnish: tietoisuus (fi) French: conscience (fr), connaissance (fr) German: Bewusstsein (de) n.

Italian: coscienza (it) f. Polish: świadomość f. Portuguese: consciência (pt) f. Spanish: conciencia (es) f. Swedish: medvetande (sv) n., medvetenhet (sv) c., iakttagelseförmåga (sv) c., aktsamhet (sv) c., insikt (sv) c. Turkish: bilinç (tr), bilinçlenme (tr), farkındalık (tr), uyanıklık (tr)

the state or quality of being aware of something

Czech: uvědomění (cs) n. Italian: consapevolezza (it) Norwegian: oppmerksomhet (no)

Polish: świadomość f. Portuguese: percepção (pt) f.