transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒnʃəsnəs ]
( consciousnesses)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your consciousness is your mind and your thoughts.
That idea has been creeping into our consciousness for some time.
= awareness
N-COUNT : usu sing , usu poss N
2.
The consciousness of a group of people is their set of ideas, attitudes, and beliefs.
The Greens were the catalysts of a necessary change in the European consciousness.
= mentality
N-UNCOUNT : with supp
3.
You use consciousness to refer to an interest in and knowledge of a particular subject or idea.
Her political consciousness sprang from her upbringing when her father’s illness left the family short of money.
= awareness
N-UNCOUNT : supp N
4.
Consciousness is the state of being awake rather than being asleep or unconscious. If someone loses consciousness , they become unconscious, and if they regain consciousness , they become conscious after being unconscious.
She banged her head and lost consciousness...
He drifted in and out of consciousness.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
see also stream of consciousness