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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
conscious
/ˈkɒn.ʃəs/
adjective
aware of what is going on around you; not knocked out
- “When I was in university, people there were not poverty-conscious.”Tatoeba
- “I have to make a conscious effort not to swear.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)