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conscious · ​. [not before noun] aware of something; noticing something · ​. able to use your senses and mental powers to understand what is happening · ​. (of ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofconsciousadjectivefromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary consciousadjective  /ˈkɒnʃəs/ /ˈkɑːnʃəs/ jumptootherresults  [notbeforenoun]awareofsomething;noticingsomethingconsciousofsomethingShe'sveryconsciousoftheproblemsinvolved.Iamconsciousofthefactthatthere'salimittowhatwecanachievehere.consciousofdoingsomethingHebecameacutelyconsciousofhavingfailedhisparents.consciousthat…IwasvaguelyconsciousthatIwasbeingwatched.oppositeunconsciousseealsoself-consciousExtraExamplesBarelyconsciousoftheflashinglightsaroundhim,Kevinrecklesslyweavedinandoutoftraffic.Hefell,andwasdimlyconsciousofTarastandingoverhim.Hewascompletelyconsciousofherwarmbodynexttohis.Iamveryconsciousoftheneedforsecrecy.Iwashardlyconsciousofmysurroundings.Shebecameacutelyconsciousthatsomeonewaswatchingher.Wearenowdeeplyconsciousoftheseissues.Hewaspainfullyconsciousofhismother'sembarrassment.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryverbsbeseembecome…adverbextremelyfairlyvery…prepositionofSeefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  abletouseyoursensesandmentalpowerstounderstandwhatishappeningApatientwhoisnotfullyconsciousshouldneverbeleftalone.Sheremainedconsciousthroughouttheoperation.oppositeunconsciousExtraExamplesTrytokeepthepatientconscious.Thepatientisnotyetfullyconscious.Shewasheavilysedatedbutstruggledtostayconscious.Onemanwassodrunkastobebarelyconscious.Iwasonlyhalfconscious.Erinwasonlypartiallyconscious.treatmentdecisionsforpersonsinaminimallyconsciousstateOxfordCollocationsDictionaryverbsbebecomeremain…adverbcompletelyfullybarely…Seefullentry  (ofactions,feelings,etc.)deliberate;doneinacarefulwayaconsciouschoicetomakeaconsciousdecisionImadeaconsciousefforttogetthereontime.aconsciousactofcrueltyoppositeunconsciouscomparesubconsciousExtraExamplesHedriftedintoitratherthanasaresultofanyconsciouspoliticalchoice.Shemadeaconsciousdecisiontospendmoretimewithherfamily. beingparticularlyinterestedinsomethingtobeenvironmentally/politicallyconscioustheband'ssociallyconsciouslyricsTheyhavebecomeincreasinglyhealth-conscious.animage-consciousrealitystarseealsoclass-conscious,fashion-conscious(ofthemindorathought)directlyunderthecontrolofthepersonconcernedWhenyougotosleep,itisonlytheconsciousmindthatshutsdown.WordOriginlate16thcent.(inthesense‘beingawareofwrongdoing’):fromLatinconscius‘knowingwithothersorinoneself’(fromconscire‘beprivyto’)+-ous.SeeconsciousintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeeconsciousintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: conscious Otherresults Allmatches class-consciousadjective fashion-consciousadjective self-consciousadjective Nearbywords conscientiousobjectornoun conscientizeverb consciousadjective consciouslyadverb consciousnessnoun toboggan noun     FromtheTopic Sports:othersports C2 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay