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# conscious

adjective (conscious, more conscious, most conscious)

«conscious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. If you are conscious, you are awake and know what is happening around you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#m1)
2. If you are conscious of something, you know about it or notice it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#m2)
3. A conscious decision or effort is done on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#m3)
4. (as part of a word) Conscious can mean caring about something, like «health-conscious». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#m4)

### In the lessons

In first aid lessons, you check if a person is conscious: can they talk or open their eyes? In everyday life, «I'm conscious of the time» means I know it is getting late. Phrases: conscious of, a conscious decision, fully conscious, health-conscious, self-conscious.

### Examples

- After she fainted, she was conscious again in a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x1)
- In first aid, check whether the person is conscious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x2)
- I was conscious of everyone looking at me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x3)
- He made a conscious effort to be kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x4)
- Dad is very health-conscious and eats lots of salad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x5)
- She felt self-conscious about her new glasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x6)
- When the Queen awakes, she becomes conscious of the theft and pursues the Prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x7)

### Note

Spelling trap: «conscious» (sc and -ious). Do not confuse with «conscience» (the inner sense of right and wrong). The opposite is «unconscious». The noun is «consciousness».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conscious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conscious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conscious.html) on Mova free.