awareness Syllabification: (a·ware·ness)Pronunciation: /əˈwe(ə)rnis/Translate awareness | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of awareness noun knowledge or perception of a situation or fact:we need to raise public awareness of the issue there is a lack of awareness of the risks concern about and well-informed interest in a particular situation or development:a growing environmental awareness his political awareness developedawareness in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of awareness in the British & World English dictionary