what is meant by awareness
Awareness is the state of knowing something, such as the awareness that the sun comes up every morning. The adjective aware gets turned into a noun when the suffix -ness is added, so awareness is the state of being aware, or having knowledge of something. Its roots are Germanic, and come from the Old English wÃ¦r meaning wary, cautious.. Awareness can be something you notice, want to tell others about, or already know.