Collocations for "conscious"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "conscious" in context.
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conscious
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- make a conscious effort to [stop, improve]
- made a conscious [decision, attempt, effort] (to)
- was a conscious decision
- am conscious of the differences
- am (trying to be) conscious of your [limitations, abilities]
- need to be (more) conscious of
- please be conscious of the fact that
- yes, I am fully conscious of that
- is [environmentally, socially, fashion, money] conscious
- a money-conscious [shopper, family, consumer]
- is a conscious consumer
- is conscious of the [environment, latest trends]
- was not conscious of the time
- consumed by her conscious [guilt, worries, fears]
- am feeling self-conscious
- is [very, extremely] self-conscious
- is a self-conscious [child, person]
- she's still conscious!
- Is he conscious?
- found her [barely, hardly] conscious
- was still conscious after the [accident, punch, fall]
- the [casualty, victim] is conscious and breathing
- [wanted to be, insisted on being] conscious during the operation
- conscious and unconscious [thought, actions]
- delve deep into the conscious
- the [annals, confines] of his conscious
- [study, analyze] the conscious
'conscious' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):