adjective

conscious

KAHN-shus/ˈkɑːnʃəs/

Aware of one's experience or circumstances.

The conscious patient watches the clinician and deliberately copies his hand gesture.

An alert patient on a reclined examination bed makes direct eye contact with a clinician and deliberately mirrors his raised two-finger gesture, visibly demonstrating wakefulness, perception, and purposeful response.

Etymology

The elements express knowing with others or knowing thoroughly. In English, the meaning developed from being privy to something to inward awareness, then to being awake with active mental faculties.

In context

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bring your conscious awareness into that place in your body whatever it is and just kind of allow yourself to perceive that fear is it a squeezing kind of energy

Experience the Transformation of Light with Chris Griscom

More examples

I become conscious of my breathing as I relax.
He makes a conscious effort to listen without interrupting.
We are conscious of waste and try to reuse things.

Forms

conscious · more conscious · most conscious

consciousness noun — The state of being awake and aware.

consciously adverb — With awareness of what one is doing.

Similar words

aware: Emphasizes knowing or noticing something, rather than being awake.
awake: Means not asleep, without necessarily suggesting close attention.
alert: Adds watchfulness and readiness to notice or respond quickly.