All 9 Uses of
conscious
in
A Christmas Carol
- To say that he was not startled, or that his blood was not conscious of a terrible sensation to which it had been a stranger from infancy, would be untrue.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)conscious = aware
- The quarter was so long, that he was more than once convinced he must have sunk into a doze unconsciously, and missed the clock.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)unconsciously = without awarenessstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- He was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares long, long, forgotten!
Chpt 2 (definition 1)conscious = aware
- They have no consciousness of us.
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *consciousness = awareness
- It was not until now, when the bright faces of his former self and Dick were turned from them, that he remembered the Ghost, and became conscious that it was looking full upon him, while the light upon its head burnt very clear.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)conscious = aware
- "It isn't that," said Scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)unconsciously = without awarenessstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsciously means not and reverses the meaning of consciously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- He was conscious of being exhausted, and overcome by an irresistible drowsiness; and, further, of being in his own bedroom.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)conscious = aware
- He felt that he was restored to consciousness in the right nick of time, for the especial purpose of holding a conference with the second messenger despatched to him through Jacob Marley's intervention.
Chpt 3 (definition 2) *consciousness = wakefulness
- Uncle Scrooge had imperceptibly become so gay and light of heart, that he would have pledged the unconscious company in return, and thanked them in an inaudible speech, if the Ghost had given him time.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)unconscious = unawarestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1) (conscious as in: environmentally conscious) aware or concerned about something
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(2) (conscious as in: conscious after the operation) awake (not asleep or in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything)