unconscious
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4.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈkɒnʃəs/
:
inconsciente
- Jeffries was already there, standing beside the prone, unconscious body of a young, dark-haired man.
- fall unconscious
- knocked unconscious
- an unconscious patient
So she may have been unconscious or she may have.
- So she may have been unconscious or she may have.
- I go back unconscious and then I come round.
- Even though he's beaten unconscious, he still refuses to leave.
- So he's lying on the table fully unconscious, the drapes over and so forth.
- One was thrown down a staircase and knocked unconscious.
- So then the act of becoming so conscious that you don't go unconscious is a changing of consciousness.
- That's when he gets knocked unconscious.
- So either I was going just try to be tough, get choked unconscious or tap and live the fight another day.
- He was unconscious in the air and then hit his head on the canvas.
Examples
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After a second attempt, she decided he was unconscious and likely to stay that way.
Fiction book (1992) -
You were in the hospital, unconscious.
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I must have been unconscious most of the time.
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I was unconscious for two days after that crash, man.
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Looking for Sami, he found him lying on the ground, apparently unconscious, not far from the tent.
Academic text (1998) -
Now he's laying in the hospital somewhere unconscious.
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In Boston, for example, some student strikebreakers were beaten unconscious, and one had his teeth knocked out.
Academic text (1994) -
The son was knocked unconscious and hospitalized with a split lip and several teeth knocked out.
Academic text (2013) -
After he fell off his bike, he lay unconscious on the ground until help arrived.
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The patient remained unconscious following the surgery and did not respond to any stimuli.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not awake and not aware
35
7.8
Unconscious and cannot be woken because of serious illness or injury
15
4.2
Unconscious and unable to feel or respond
1
7.5
Unconscious and unable to feel pain or touch
1
9.9
Unable to feel or be aware of things
Not awake and not aware of surroundings
Deeply unconscious and not responding to sound or touch
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
4.1
Thoughts and feelings you are not aware of that affect your actions
- Specialized
1
4.8
A mental activity that happens without you noticing or controlling it
How Conscious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unconscious is made of un- 'not' and conscious, from a word that means 'to know' or 'be aware'. So to be unconscious in this sense is to be 'not aware' of your surroundings, for example when someone is asleep, under anaesthetic, or knocked out.