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   conscious

   /ˈkɒnʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. aware of and responding to one's surroundings: "although I was in pain, I was conscious" Similar awareawakewide awakecompos mentisalertresponsivereactivefeelingsentientaware ofalive toawake toalert tosensitive tocognizant ofmindful ofsensible ofinformal:wise toin the know abouthip toarchaic:ware ofrare:seized ofrecognizant ofregardful ofOpposite unconsciousunaware
   • 2. having knowledge of something: "we are conscious of the extent of the problem"
   • ▪ concerned with or worried about a particular matter: "they were growing increasingly security-conscious"
   • 3. (of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional: "a conscious effort to walk properly" Similar deliberateintentionalintendeddone on purposepurposefulpurposivewilledknowingconsideredstudiedstrategiccalculatedwilfulpremeditatedplannedpre-plannedpreconceivedvolitionalaforethoughtdated:prepense
   • ▪ (of the mind or a thought) directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned: "when you go to sleep it is only the conscious mind which shuts down"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘being aware of wrongdoing’): from Latin conscius ‘knowing with others or in oneself’ (from conscire ‘be privy to’) + -ous.

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