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| definition 1: |
Consciousness is the physical condition of being awake and aware. If a big rock lands on your head, you might lose consciousness. Suddenly, your brain is not working normally. You are not awake or aware of things around you.
The soldier injured his skull. He lay in a hospital bed for three days before his consciousness returned. Now he's talking and knows where he is.- similar words:
- feeling
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If you have consciousness of something, you are aware of it. You know it exists, or you have some knowledge of it. Or maybe you knew about it in the past and now something reminded you of it. It is fresh in your mind.
The movie increased my consciousness of what is like to be deaf.The woman was very beautiful, but she seemed to have no consciousness of the fact. |
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attention, feeling, knowledge, mind |
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