What does conscious mean?
Definitions for conscious
ˈkɒn ʃəscon·scious
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Princeton's WordNet
conscious, wittingadjective
intentionally conceived
"a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"
consciousadjective
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
"remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"
conscious(p)adjective
(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
"few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy
Wiktionary
consciousadjective
alert, awake.
The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.
consciousadjective
aware.
I was conscious of a noise behind me.
consciousadjective
aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness
Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.
Etymology: From conscius, itself from con- (a form of com- + scire.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Consciousadjective
Etymology: conscius, Latin.
Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its own existence. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
Among substances some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. Isaac Watts, Logick.
The damsel then to Tancred sent,
Who conscious of th’ occasion, fear’d th’ event. Dryden.The rest stood trembling, struck with awe divine,
Æneas only conscious to the sign,
Presag’d th’ event. John Dryden, Æn.Roses or honey cannot be thought to smell or taste their own sweetness, or an organ be conscious to its musick, or gunpowder to its flashing or noise. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
The queen had been solicitous with the king on his behalf, being conscious to herself that he had been encouraged by her. Edward Hyde, b. viii.
Wikipedia
conscious
Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience and awareness of internal and external existence. However, the lack of definitions has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debates by philosophers, theologians, linguists, and scientists. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with the mind, and at other times, an aspect of mind. In the past, it was one's "inner life", the world of introspection, of private thought, imagination and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, or self-awareness either continuously changing or not. The disparate range of research, notions and speculations raises a curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions or explanations are: simple wakefulness, one's sense of selfhood or soul explored by "looking within"; being a metaphorical "stream" of contents, or being a mental state, mental event or mental process of the brain.
ChatGPT
conscious
Conscious refers to the state of being aware and able to perceive, understand, and express one's surroundings, sensations, thoughts, and feelings. It also involves the capacity for introspection, knowledge of one's own existence, and self-awareness. In psychology and neuroscience, it generally relates to the state of wakefulness and cognitive functioning, as opposed to being in a state of sleep or unconsciousness.
Webster Dictionary
Consciousadjective
possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations
Consciousadjective
possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible
Consciousadjective
made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Conscious
kon′shus, adj. having the feeling or internal knowledge of something: aware: having the faculty of consciousness.—adv. Con′sciously.—n. Con′sciousness, the waking state of the mind: the knowledge which the mind has of its own acts and feelings: thought. [L. conscius—conscīre, to know.]
Editors Contribution
conscious
Be able, alive, aware, know, perceive, recognize, understand and able to respond.
They are conscious of their existence and the beauty of it.
Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020
consciousnoun
To be aware of something or someone in study attentively or learning by heart what or who is the one that actively triggers the volcanic temper to express sense within a group of people. 1.) aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake. Having knowledge of something; aware.
My conscious keeps me inlined and out of trouble.
Etymology: Calculated facts
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 26, 2024
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conscious' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3320
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conscious' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2634
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'conscious' in Adjectives Frequency: #435
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of conscious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of conscious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of conscious in a Sentence
I think that a conscious by-product of the regulators' approach is to put additional pressure on the private equity firms and to get them to put up more equity, which is, of course, at the bottom of the capital structure.
When we frontload our diet with plant based foods such as berries and peppers, we crowd out less healthy options like French fries and burgers, it could also be that these people are more health conscious than others.
We made a conscious decision to make the company bi-coastal, but eventually we consolidated and made one headquarters in DC. ... San Francisco gets all the headlines, but the high cost of living is spreading down the peninsula and through East Bay.
It has taught us patience in how to communicate with her and we are very conscious of the words we use with her and how we explain things, it has definitely taught us how to be better communicators with each other and collectively as a family because we all have to be on the same page.
Our tribe is rich with coal. It's underneath our feet everywhere we walk, i'm very conscious of our environment. However, we need this coal development. We desperately need it. ... There are no jobs, nowhere, for our young people, so they leave. ... I believe if coal was developed, wisely, that it would give our people jobs. They could stay home and make a living.
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- واعArabic
- осъзнат, съзнаващ, съзнателен, усещащ, в съзнаниеBulgarian
- conscientCatalan, Valencian
- při, vědomí, vědomýCzech
- wach, bei Bewusstsein, aufmerksam, bewusstGerman
- συνειδητόςGreek
- konsciaEsperanto
- conscienteSpanish
- هوشیارPersian
- hereillä, tietoinen, tajuFinnish
- conscientFrench
- comhfhiosachIrish
- mothachailScottish Gaelic
- सचेतHindi
- tudatosHungarian
- conscio, coscienteItalian
- 意識的Japanese
- 의식하는Korean
- consciensLatin
- wakker, alert, bewustDutch
- świadomy, przytomnyPolish
- conscientePortuguese
- conștientRomanian
- сознательный, находяшийся, сознающий, вRussian
- svjestanSerbo-Croatian
- vedomý, vedomí, priSlovak
- uyanık, ayık, farkında, bilinçliTurkish
- Có ý thứcVietnamese
- 意識Chinese
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