Definitions
(followed by ‘of’) showing realization or recognition of something
Word origin
First use appears c. 1573 in the sense of "aware of wrongdoing".https://web.archive.org/web/20220714064352/https://www.lexico.com/definition/conscious From Latin cōnscius (“conscious, conscious of guilt”), itself from con- (a form of com- (“together”)) + scīre (“to know”) + -us.
Used in a sentence
“The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.”
“Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.”
“I was conscious of a noise behind me. a very class-conscious analysis”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Awake and aware”9 letters
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