awareness

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Pronunciation

/əˈweənəs/(uh-WARE-nuss)

Part of speech

nounneutral

Chinese

意识；认识（对某事物存在或重要性的了解和认知）

Definition

Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact; concern about and well-informed interest in a subject.

Word family

  • aware/əˈweə/(adj)意识到的；知道的
  • unaware/ˌʌnəˈweə/(adj)未意识到的

Collocations

  • raise awareness
  • increase awareness
  • public awareness
  • brand awareness
  • growing awareness
  • awareness campaign

Examples

  1. 1.The campaign successfully raised awareness of the issue among a demographic that had previously shown little interest.
  2. 2.Self-awareness is consistently cited as one of the most important qualities in effective leaders.

Synonyms

  • consciousness/ˈkɒnʃəsnəs/— state of being aware
  • understanding/ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ/— comprehension
  • recognition/ˌrekəɡˈnɪʃən/— acknowledgement of something's existence

Etymology

from "aware" (Old English "gewær," watchful) + "-ness"