Consciousadjective
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
âThe noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.â;
Consciousnessnoun
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
Consciousadjective
Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.
âOnly highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.â;
Consciousnessnoun
The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.
âConsciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or "ego" of its acts and affections; - in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine.â;
Consciousadjective
Aware of, sensitive to; observing and noticing, or being strongly interested in or concerned about.
âI was conscious of a noise behind me.â; âa very class-conscious analysisâ;
Consciousnessnoun
Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.
âAnnihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation.â; âAnd, when the steamWhich overflowed the soul had passed away,A consciousness remained that it had left. . . . images and precious thoughtsThat shall not die, and can not be destroyed.â; âThe consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness.â;
Consciousadjective
Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.
Consciousnessnoun
Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.
âAn honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness.â;
Consciousadjective
Known or felt personally, internally by a person.
âconscious guiltâ;
Consciousnessnoun
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation;
âhe lost consciousnessâ;
Consciousadjective
Self-conscious.
Consciousnessnoun
having knowledge of;
âhe had no awareness of his mistakesâ; âhis sudden consciousness of the problem he facedâ; âtheir intelligence and general knowingness was impressiveâ;
Consciousnoun
The part of the mind that is aware of itself; the consciousness.
Consciousnessnoun
the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings
âshe failed to regain consciousness and died two days laterâ;
Consciousadjective
Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.
âSome are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought.â;
Consciousnessnoun
a person's awareness or perception of something
âher acute consciousness of Luke's presenceâ;
Consciousadjective
Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.
âHer conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt.â; âThe man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing.â;
Consciousnessnoun
the fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world
âconsciousness emerges from the operations of the brainâ;
Consciousadjective
Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.
âWith conscious terrors vex me round.â;
Consciousness
Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience or awareness of internal and external existence. Despite millennia of analyses, definitions, explanations and debates by philosophers and scientists, consciousness remains puzzling and controversial, being .
âat once the most familiar and [also the] most mysterious aspect of our livesâ;
Consciousadjective
intentionally conceived;
âa conscious effort to speak more slowlyâ; âa conscious policyâ;
Consciousadjective
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts;
âremained conscious during the operationâ; âconscious of his faultsâ; âbecame conscious that he was being followedâ;
Consciousadjective
(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something;
âfew voters seem conscious of the issue's importanceâ; âconscious of having succeededâ; âthe careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic loadâ;
Consciousadjective
aware of and responding to one's surroundings
âalthough I was in pain, I was consciousâ;
Consciousadjective
having knowledge of something
âwe are conscious of the extent of the problemâ;
Consciousadjective
concerned with or worried about a particular matter
âthey were growing increasingly security-consciousâ;
Consciousadjective
(of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional
âa conscious effort to walk properlyâ;
Consciousadjective
(of the mind or a thought) directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned
âwhen you go to sleep it is only the conscious mind which shuts downâ;