conscious
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
Adjective 4 meanings
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
“The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.”
Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.
“Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.”
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”
Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.
Noun 1 meaning
The part of the mind that is aware of itself; the consciousness.
Etymology
First use appears c.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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CONSCIOUS at a glance
CONSCIOUS has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + N 1 + S 1 + C 3 + I 1 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,220 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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