Words / B2

uh-WAIRN-uh-s/əˈweənəs/

Awareness is knowing that something exists or understanding a situation: raise awareness, public awareness, awareness of the risks. Knowledge can be deeper and more detailed; notice is a single act of seeing. Aware is the adjective (aware of). Raise / raise awareness of is a campaign collocation. In speech, knowing about it is enough.

Meaning

Knowledge or understanding of a situation or subject.

Examples

• “The campaign raised awareness of the problem.”
• “The posters raised awareness of the new recycling rules.”
• “There is little awareness of how long marking actually takes.”

Good to know

awareness of + noun. raise awareness. Adjective: aware (of). Everyday: knowing about it. Close: knowledge (deeper).

Near in meaning

knowledge

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