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say it: KAHN-shuhs
conscious is an adjective meaning "intentionally conceived". It carries 3 recorded senses.
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
“remained conscious during the operation”
“conscious of his faults”
“became conscious that he was being followed”
(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
“few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance”
“conscious of having succeeded”
“the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for conscious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.