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conscious.

Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɑn.ʃəs/General-American/ˈkɒn.ʃəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɒntʃəs/Received-Pronunciation

  1. Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

    The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.

  2. Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.

    Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.

  3. Aware of, sensitive to; observing and noticing, or being strongly interested in or concerned about.

    I was conscious of a noise behind me. a very class-conscious analysis

  4. Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.

  5. Known or felt personally, internally by a person.

    conscious guilt

  6. Self-conscious, or aware of wrongdoing, feeling guilty.

    rare
Where this word comes from

First use appears c. 1573 in the sense of "aware of wrongdoing".https://web.archive.org/web/20220714064352/https://www.lexico.com/definition/conscious From Latin cōnscius (“conscious, conscious of guilt”), itself from con- (a form of com- (“together”)) + scīre (“to know”) + -us.

noun/ˈkɑn.ʃəs/General-American/ˈkɒn.ʃəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɒntʃəs/Received-Pronunciation

  1. The part of the mind that is aware of itself; the consciousness.

Where this word comes from

First use appears c. 1573 in the sense of "aware of wrongdoing".https://web.archive.org/web/20220714064352/https://www.lexico.com/definition/conscious From Latin cōnscius (“conscious, conscious of guilt”), itself from con- (a form of com- (“together”)) + scīre (“to know”) + -us.

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