Meaning

6 senses
  1. Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

    The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.

    bei Bewusstsein, wach, aufmerksam

    находя́щийся в сознанииnaxodjáščijsja, сознаю́щийsoznajúščij

    прито́мнийprytómnyj

  2. Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.

    Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.

    bewusst

  3. Aware of, sensitive to; observing and noticing, or being strongly interested in or concerned about.

    I was conscious of a noise behind me. a very class-conscious analysis

  4. Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.

    bewusst

  5. Known or felt personally, internally by a person.

    conscious guilt

  6. (rare)Self-conscious, or aware of wrongdoing, feeling guilty.

    c. 1634, John Dryden (translator), Richard Crashaw, Epigrammatum sacrorum liber The conscious water saw its God, and blushed.

More definitions
  • (followed by ‘of’) showing realization or recognition of something
  • knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
  • intentionally conceived

Examples

219 sentences
  1. I wasn't conscious of anyone watching me.

    Я не усвідомлював того, що хтось за мною спостерігає.

    ruЯ не осознавал, что за мной наблюдают.

    deEs war mir nicht bewusst, dass mich jemand beobachtet.

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  2. I'm very self-conscious.

    Я дуже сором'язливий.

    ruЯ очень стеснительный.

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  3. Is Tom conscious?

    Том притомний?

    ruТом в сознании?

    deIst Tom bei Bewusstsein?

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  4. Tom isn't conscious.

    Том непритомний.

    deTom ist nicht bei Bewusstsein.

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  5. He was conscious of his mistake.

    ruОн осознавал свою ошибку.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
alert, awake:
Русский
By meaning 2
alert, awake:
aware of or alert to, sensitive to:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
alert, awake:
aware of or alert to, sensitive to:

Origin

First use appears c. 1573 in the sense of "aware of wrongdoing".https://web.archive.org/we

First use appears c. 1573 in the sense of "aware of wrongdoing".https://web.archive.org/web/20220714064352/https://www.lexico.com/definition/conscious From Latin cōnscius (“conscious, conscious of guilt”), itself from con- (a form of com- (“together”)) + scīre (“to know”) + -us.

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