conscious
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 →
2) If you are conscious of something, you know about it or notice it. tree →
3) A conscious decision or effort is done on purpose. tree →
4) (as part of a word) Conscious can mean caring about something, like «health-conscious». tree →
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 →
- In first aid, check whether the person is conscious. tree →
- I was conscious of everyone looking at me. tree →
- He made a conscious effort to be kind. tree →
- Dad is very health-conscious and eats lots of salad. tree →
- She felt self-conscious about her new glasses. tree →
- When the Queen awakes, she becomes conscious of the theft and pursues the Prince. tree →
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.
- "Conscious uncoupling" means a divorce or break-up (jokey, from a famous celebrity).
- "Budget-conscious" means poor or unwilling to spend.
- Maddie felt puzzled and a bit self-conscious; she checked her face for jam.
- Most people don't notice small things like a spot; feeling that everyone sees it is called being self-conscious.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «conscious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.