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conscious

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"Awake and aware"

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ccinoossuStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (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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