conscious

8 definitions • 13 examples

to notice that a particular thing or person exists or is present:

My tooth doesn't exactly hurt, but I'm conscious of it (= I can feel it) all the time.

awake, thinking, and knowing what is happening around you:

He's still conscious but he's very badly injured.

fully conscious She's out of the operating theatre, but she's not fully conscious yet.

figurative humorous "Can I speak to Isobel, please?" "She's still in bed. I'll go and see if she's conscious (= awake) yet."

determined and intentional:

conscious effort He's obviously making a conscious effort to be nice to me at the moment.

conscious decision It wasn't a conscious decision to lose weight. It just happened.

used after nouns and adverbs to mean "knowing about and worried about a particular thing", or "thinking that something is important":

fashion-conscious teenagers

the health-conscious consumer

He's never been especially politically conscious.

awake, aware of what is happening around you, and able to think:

She’s out of surgery but not fully conscious yet.

noticing the existence of something:

People have become much more conscious of the need to exercise regularly.

determined and intentional:

Was it a conscious decision to break up the group, or did it just happen?

being especially aware of or worried about something:

Consumers aren’t as conscious of prices as they were last year.