HOW TO PRONOUNCE
conscious
/ˈkɑn.ʃəs/
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KON-shus: finish with a light us sound.
The sci has a sh sound, and the final s stays unvoiced. There is no n after sh in this word, unlike “conscience.”
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“She made a conscious effort to speak more slowly.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does conscious mean?
adjective
- Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
- Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.
- Aware of, sensitive to; observing and noticing, or being strongly interested in or concerned about.
More meanings (4)
adjective
- Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.
- Known or felt personally, internally by a person.
- (rare) Self-conscious, or aware of wrongdoing, feeling guilty.
noun
- The part of the mind that is aware of itself; the consciousness.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑn.ʃəs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Whatever she did, too, was done without conscious effort, and with frequent outbreaks of song, which were exceedingly pleasant to the ear.
He was conscious of some daring in doing so, and he fancied that Michael's drawn face clouded a little at his words.
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So there came a time when nearly all the conscious life of Jurgis consisted of a struggle with the craving for liquor.
She put his hair lightly away from his forehead, then laid her other hand on his, and was conscious of forgiving him.
I was conscious of an impropriety in my disputing with a military man in matters of his profession, and said no more.