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# conscious

«conscious» in Mova's school dictionary: **conscious, you are awake and know what is happening…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (conscious, more conscious, most conscious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) If you are conscious, you are awake and know what is happening around you. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#m2)

3) A conscious decision or effort is done on purpose. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x1)
- In first aid, check whether the person is conscious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x2)
- I was conscious of everyone looking at me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x3)
- He made a conscious effort to be kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x4)
- Dad is very health-conscious and eats lots of salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/#x5)
- She felt self-conscious about her new glasses. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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».

### In the corpora

- [«Ancient», «conscience» and «conscious» spell a /sh/ sound with ci or sci.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/25/)
- ["Conscious uncoupling" means a divorce or break-up (jokey, from a famous celebrity).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/20/)
- ["Budget-conscious" means poor or unwilling to spend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/16/)
- [Maddie felt puzzled and a bit self-conscious; she checked her face for jam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/2/)
- [Most people don't notice small things like a spot; feeling that everyone sees it is called being self-conscious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/27-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conscious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.