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(kŏn'shəs)
adj.

1. 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.
2. Capable of thought, will, or perception: the development of conscious life on the planet.
3. Subjectively known or felt: conscious remorse.
4. Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate: a conscious insult; made a conscious effort to speak more clearly.
5. Inwardly attentive or sensible; mindful: was increasingly conscious of being watched.
6. 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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adjective

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

adj

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

adj

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

IN BRIEF: With awareness..

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life — Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Capable of responding to sensory stimuli; awake; aware.

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.

For a list of words related to conscious, see:

• Intelligent, Informed, Clever, or Articulate

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Common misspelling(s) of conscious

• concious

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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