noun · neutral
awareness
UK/əˈweənəs/US/əˈwɛrnəs/a·WARE·ness
Band 5-6speakingtask2
knowledge or understanding that something exists or is important
Examples
“The campaign aims to raise awareness of mental health issues among teenagers.”
“Increased public awareness can lead to better recycling habits.”
“He showed an awareness of how his actions affected others.”
Band 8 sentence
“Effective public policy depends less on headlines and more on deep, sustained awareness across communities.”
Collocations
- raise awareness (of/about)
- public awareness
- awareness campaign
Word family
aware adjectiveawareness noun
Common mistakes
increase the awareness about→raise awareness of
be awareness of the problem→be aware of the problem
Say it for a higher band
5knowledge→6attention→7+awareness
Synonyms
consciousness
knowledge
Easily confused
consciousness
“After the accident the patient lost consciousness for several minutes.”
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In -ness
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