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Dictionary: con·scious   (kŏn'shəs) pronunciation
 
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adj.
    1. Having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts. See synonyms at aware.
    2. Mentally perceptive or alert; awake: The patient remained fully conscious after the local anesthetic was administered.
  1. Capable of thought, will, or perception: the development of conscious life on the planet.
  2. Subjectively known or felt: conscious remorse.
  3. Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate: a conscious insult; made a conscious effort to speak more clearly.
  4. Inwardly attentive or sensible; mindful: was increasingly conscious of being watched.
  5. Especially aware of or preoccupied with. Often used in combination: a cost-conscious approach to further development; a health-conscious diet.
n.

In psychoanalysis, the component of waking awareness perceptible by a person at any given instant; consciousness.

[From Latin cōnscius : com-, com- + scīre, to know.]

consciously con'scious·ly adv.
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Thesaurus: conscious
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adjective

    Tending toward awareness and appreciation: heedful, mindful, observant. See awareness/unawareness.

 
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adj

Definition: alert, awake
Antonyms: ignorant, impassive, indifferent, senseless, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unresponsive

adj

Definition: intentional
Antonyms: indifferent, not deliberate, unconscious, unfeeling, unintentional, unstudied


 
Dental Dictionary: conscious
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adj

Pertaining to the state of mind in which an individual is able to breathe on his or her own and to respond to verbal commands and physical prompts.

 
Veterinary Dictionary: conscious
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Capable of responding to sensory stimuli; awake; aware.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Being awake and aware.

pronunciation Len made a conscious decision to move to Italy.

 
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Common misspelling(s) of conscious

  • concious

 
Translations: Conscious
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klar, bevidst, genert
n. - bevidsthed

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewust, opzettelijk, het bewuste

Français (French)
adj. - conscient, réfléchi, (Méd) conscient, (Psych) conscient
n. - (Psych) le conscient

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bewusst
n. - (Psych.) Bewusste

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συνειδητός, ενσυνείδητος, αντιλαμβανόμενος, συναισθανόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
intenzionale, cosciente, conscio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - consciente, constrangido

Русский (Russian)
сознательный, в сознании

Español (Spanish)
adj. - consciente, que se da cuenta, que se percata, intencionado
n. - consciente, conciencia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - medveten, vid medvetande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有意识的, 觉察的, 知觉的, 意识

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有意識的, 覺察的, 知覺的
n. - 意識

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 알고 있는, 의식적인, 자의식이 강한
n. - 의식

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 気づいて, 意識して, 意識のある, 人前を気にする, 故意の, わざとらしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) واعي, صاحي, يقظ, مدرك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תודעתי, מודע, יודע, מכיר, ער, בהכרה, בכוונה, ביודעין‬
n. - ‮המוח המודע‬


 
 

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