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consciousness
verbs
lose consciousness
(= go into a type of deep sleep that is not normal )
• As she fell, she hit her head and lost consciousness for several minutes.
regain/recover consciousness
(= wake up )
• I wanted to stay at the hospital until he regained consciousness.
return to consciousness
• When I returned to consciousness, my head was throbbing with pain.
bring somebody back to consciousness
• The doctors were unable to bring her back to consciousness.
drift in and out of consciousness
(= be awake and then not awake, and then awake again, etc )
• He had a high temperature and was drifting in and out of consciousness.
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noun being able to see/hear/feel things ADJ. full | higher to aspire to a higher consciousness | individual | human VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS lose She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness. | recover, regain | bring sb back to The cold water brought me back to full consciousness. | enter The words slowly entered her consciousness. PHRASES a level/state of consciousness an altered state of consciousness being aware of sth ADJ. full I left the room with full consciousness of the impression I would make. | growing | altered | collective, public | national | modern | black | working-class | class, environmental, feminist, green, political, religious, social a new political consciousness among young people | false (technical) She sees racism as a form of false consciousness, where a society collectively believes untrue things about other races. VERB + CONSCIOUSNESS develop, raise They have succeeded in raising consciousness on many issues. | enter imagery that has entered the national consciousness through the media | be lodged in, lodge itself in The idea firmly lodged itself in the public consciousness. PREP. in (the) ~ a key position in feminist consciousness | ~ among, ~ of a growing consciousness of environmental issues among children
Oxford Collocations Dictionary