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# awareness

noun (awareness — uncountable)

«awareness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Awareness is knowing about something or noticing it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#m1)
2. Awareness is also understanding why something matters, as in awareness of road safety. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons pupils learn awareness of danger: look and listen at roads, be aware of strangers online. In health and social lessons: «raise awareness» (help people learn about something), «awareness week», «self-awareness». In science and nature: animals have awareness of predators.

### Examples

- Road safety week raises awareness of how to cross safely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#x1)
- The poster helps build awareness of bullying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#x2)
- Good awareness of your surroundings keeps you safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#x3)
- The charity works to raise awareness about clean water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#x4)
- Meerkats have great awareness of danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#x5)
- Self-awareness means understanding your own feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «awareness» (not «an awareness of» in everyday use, though «a growing awareness» is possible). Adjective: aware («aware of», not «aware about»). Opposite: unawareness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «awareness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«awareness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/awareness.html) on Mova free.