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awareness

/əˈwɛɹ.nəs/

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What does awareness mean?

noun

  1. The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
  2. The state or quality of being aware of something.

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/əˈwɛɹ.nəs/

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The colour is that of which we are immediately aware, and the awareness itself is the sensation.
Bertrand RussellThe Problems of PhilosophyProject Gutenberg ebook #5827
Awareness of other times and other wheres, not insistence on that awareness, is the requisite.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
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Travel, contacts, and new awareness of the problems of European agriculture were responsible for Howard's decision to create an organic farming and gardening movement.
Steve SolomonOrganic Gardener's CompostingProject Gutenberg ebook #4342
More, she is well aware that very few men are bold enough to offer it without a plain invitation, and this awareness makes her extremely cynical of all women who complain of being harassed, beset, storied, and seduced.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270