consciousness
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,088 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,530 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation he lost consciousness
- having knowledge of also: awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness he had no awareness of his mistakeshis sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
consciousness in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And even the mere consciousness of its presence there would sometimes set his cheeks burning.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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Johnston was the first to come to consciousness as the balloon sank into less rarefied atmosphere.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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Jones had an odd feeling that he was slipping away into some other state of consciousness.
Four Weird Tales · Algernon Blackwood · Chapter 1
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Carried dying into an ambulance, he had lingered three weeks between life and death, having lost all consciousness of self.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He would be more poignant, and more likely to draw people after him, if he had living images burned into his consciousness.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social · James Runciman · Chapter 1