(~es)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is your mind and your thoughts.
That idea has been creeping into our ~ for some time.
= awareness
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu poss N
2.
The ~ 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 ~.
= mentality
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
3.
You use ~ to refer to an interest in and knowledge of a particular subject or idea.
Her political ~ 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 ~, they become unconscious, and if they regain ~, they become conscious after being unconscious.
She banged her head and lost ~...
He drifted in and out of ~.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
see also stream of ~