conscious

conscient

Qui remarque quelque chose ou sait que cela existe.

En anglais simple : If you are aware of something, you notice it or know it exists.

• I am conscious of the risks.
• She became conscious that someone was following her.
• Were you conscious of any change in his behaviour?

Comment l'utiliser : conscious of something (She was conscious of the noise outside.); conscious that… (He was conscious that everyone was watching him.)

Synonymes : aware

Contraires : unaware

Expressions courantes : conscious of something, conscious that something

conscient

Éveillé et capable de comprendre ce qui se passe autour de soi.

En anglais simple : Awake and able to know what is happening around you.

• The patient is conscious.
• She remained conscious after the accident.
• He was conscious but too weak to speak.

Synonymes : awake, alert

Contraires : unconscious

Expressions courantes : still conscious, remain conscious, fully conscious, barely conscious

conscient

Capable de reconnaître sa propre existence et de percevoir ses pensées et ses sentiments.

En anglais simple : Able to know that you exist and experience your own thoughts and feelings.

• Could a machine ever be conscious?
• Philosophers disagree about which animals are conscious.
• A conscious being can experience its own thoughts.

Synonymes : self-aware

Expressions courantes : conscious being, conscious mind, conscious experience