awareness

awareness

English

Etymology

From aware +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛɹnəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈwɛənəs/
• Hyphenation: aware‧ness

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs

Noun

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

Arabic: وعي‎ (ar) Bulgarian: съзнание (bg) n (sǎznanie) Catalan: consciència (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 意識 (zh), 意识 (zh) (yìshí), 覺悟 (zh), 觉悟 (zh) (juéwù) Czech: vědomí (cs) n Dutch: besef (nl), bewustzijn (nl) Finnish: tietoisuus (fi) French: conscience (fr) f German: Bewusstsein (de) n, Achtsamkeit (de) f, Wahrnehmung (de) f, Aufmerksamkeit (de) f, Sensitivität (de) f, Gefühl (de) n Greek: συνείδηση (el) f (syneídisi) Hungarian: éberség (hu), tudat (hu), érzékelés (hu), észlelés (hu)

Italian: coscienza (it) f Japanese: 意識 (ja) (いしき, ishiki) Latvian: apziņa f, samaņa f Persian: هشیاری‎ (fa) (hošyâri) Polish: świadomość (pl) f Portuguese: consciência (pt) f Romanian: conștiință (ro) f Russian: созна́ние (ru) n (soznánije), осозна́ние (ru) n (osoznánije) Spanish: conciencia (es) f Swedish: medvetande (sv) n, medvetenhet (sv) c, iakttagelseförmåga c, aktsamhet (sv) c, insikt (sv) c Tagalog: ino, kainuhan Turkish: bilinç (tr), bilinçlenme (tr), farkındalık (tr), uyanıklık (tr), şuur (tr), şuurlanma (tr)

the state or quality of being aware of something

Bulgarian: осведоменост (bg) f (osvedomenost) Chinese: Mandarin: 認識 (zh), 认识 (zh) (rènshi) Czech: uvědomění n Dutch: bewustzijn (nl), zich bewust zijn van Esperanto: konscio Finnish: tietoisuus (fi) French: connaissance (fr) f German: Bekanntheit (de) f, Gewahrsein n, Gewahrwerden n, Erkenntnis (de) f, Kenntnis (de) f, Aufklärung (de) f, Bewusstheit f, Erfassung (de) f, Verständnis (de) n Greek: επίγνωση (el) f (epígnosi), γνώση (el) f (gnósi) Hungarian: tudatosság (hu)

Italian: consapevolezza (it) f, avviso (it) m, conoscenza (it) f Japanese: 認識 (ja) (にんしき, ninshiki) Latvian: apziņa f, samaņa, izpratne f Norwegian: oppmerksomhet (no) Persian: آگاهی‎ (fa) (âgâhi) Polish: świadomość (pl) f Portuguese: percepção (pt) f Russian: осведомлённость (ru) f (osvedomljónnostʹ), информи́рованность (ru) f (informírovannostʹ) Swahili: uamsho Tagalog: kainuhan