conscious
- adjective
- /ˈkɑnʃəs/
- After the accident, he was conscious and able to answer questions from the police.
- become conscious
- fully conscious
- conscious and unconscious
So the reality is if you can stay conscious, be present.
- So the reality is if you can stay conscious, be present.
- And with that, again, we have the conscious and subconscious mind.
- We might be the only conscious beings in the entire universe.
- That is, it all happens automatically without conscious thought or effort.
- It may be that humans want conscious AI companions.
- And so you have to be conscious to suffer.
- And often your unconscious will spot things that your conscious brain hasn't spotted.
- Would it become conscious if I changed its shape?
- And a system that appears to be conscious is an engineering challenge.
- You are the universe being conscious in you.
- So anything which acts conscious is conscious just like like we are.
- It's not, it's conscious, but it's not fully conscious.
- I think I am a lot more conscious in just what existing is.
- When you transcend, I am not conscious and I'm not unconscious.
Examples
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Time is perceived as moving faster when temporal awareness enters the conscious mind.
Academic text (2017) -
I try to be present and conscious and stay here.
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I think I am a lot more conscious in just what existing is.
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Now, when we are conscious, we are conscious of something.
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Unfortunately, few music teachers are conscious of the role that research can play in their teaching.
Academic text (1990) -
Once awareness has been raised, teachers need to become more conscious of their interactions with students.
Academic text (1999) -
His eyes opened, and he again became conscious of the pain in his limbs.
Fiction book (1991) -
Since leaving the ship, he had been conscious of a sickly sweet smell.
Fiction book (1991) -
She was barely conscious with wounds on her arms and shoulder.
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The patient was conscious when the doctors began the surgery, which helped ease her anxiety.
Synonyms
Knowing that something exists or is happening
Able to feel or notice things around it
Aware of a fact or a situation
Antonyms
Compounds
- Neologism
Ending a romantic relationship in a calm, friendly way to reduce hurt
How Awake
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word conscious comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and scire 'to know', the same root as science. So to be conscious in this sense is to be 'with knowledge' of your surroundings and your feelings — awake and able to notice things.