conscious [ con·scious ]
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1. Aware of and responding to one's surroundings.
She's barely conscious, but she does react when you talk to her.
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2. Having knowledge of something.
I am also conscious of the important contribution they make to our economy.
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3. Concerned with or worried about a particular matter.
they were growing increasingly security-conscious
4. (of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional.
Has choosing such roles been a conscious effort on her part?
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5. (of the mind or a thought) directly perceptible to and under the control of the person concerned.
It is here that the conscious thought and the perceptive experience flow.
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1. Late 16th century (in the sense ‘being aware of wrongdoing’): from Latin conscius ‘knowing with others or in oneself’ (from conscire ‘be privy to’) + -ous.

