All 7 Uses of
conscious
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- This matter cuts very deep, and though I have not finally made up my mind whether it is a benevolent or a malevolent agency which is in touch with us, I am conscious always of power and design.†
Chpt 4
- Please, please, be frank with me, Miss Stapleton, for ever since I have been here I have been conscious of shadows all round me.†
Chpt 7
- When you are once out upon its bosom you have left all traces of modern England behind you, but on the other hand you are conscious everywhere of the homes and the work of the prehistoric people.†
Chpt 8
- I am conscious myself of a weight at my heart and a feeling of impending danger—ever present danger, which is the more terrible because I am unable to define it.†
Chpt 10
- At the moment I was simply conscious that I was in the presence of a very handsome woman, and that she was asking me the reasons for my visit.†
Chpt 11
- There only remained the lamp in the dining-room where the two men, the murderous host and the unconscious guest, still chatted over their cigars.†
Chpt 14 *unconscious = a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anythingstandard 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.
- In doing so I held it within a few inches of my eyes, and was conscious of a faint smell of the scent known as white jessamine.†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(conscious as in: conscious after the operation) awake (not asleep or in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything)
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(conscious as in: a conscious effort to lose weight) intentional (done on purpose) -- perhaps with significant effort
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(3)
(conscious as in: environmentally conscious) aware or concerned about something
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(4)
(conscious as in: the conscious mind) mental activity of which one is self-aware
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(5)
(conscious as in: conscious life on other planets) capable of thought, self-reflection, and will