adjective · neutral
conscious
UK/ˈkɒnʃəs/US/ˈkɑːnʃəs/CON·scious
Band 5-6task2speaking
aware of something; deliberately thinking about something; having awareness
Examples
“More consumers are becoming environmentally conscious.”
“She was conscious of the audience watching her.”
“He made a conscious effort to reduce plastic use.”
Band 8 sentence
“Voters are increasingly conscious of environmental policies when deciding which party to support.”
Collocations
- conscious of
- environmentally conscious
- make a conscious effort
Word family
conscious adjectiveconsciously adverbconsciousness noun
Common mistakes
I'm conscious about the noise.→I'm conscious of the noise.
Say it for a higher band
5aware→6mindful→7+conscious
Synonyms
aware
Easily confused
aware
“She was aware of the problems but didn't act.”
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