Unconscious - English meaning

adjective

Happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly.

Usage examples:

A verdict of accidental death

noun

A sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note.

Usage examples:

Horn parts are usually written without key signature, the necessary accidentals being added

Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

adjective

(of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control.

Usage examples:

An automatic kettle that switches itself off when it boils

noun

A gun that continues firing until the ammunition is exhausted or the pressure on the trigger is released.

Usage examples:

The rapid fire of automatics

adjective

An automatic machine or device is able to operate independently of human control

Usage examples:

Automatic doors, automatic focus on a camera

adjective

Unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Even in my befuddled state i could see that they meant trouble

verb

Make (someone) unable to think clearly.

Usage examples:

The logic used to arrive at this conclusion befuddles me

adjective

Confused and unable to think clearly

Usage examples:

The director was sitting there looking somewhat befuddled.

adjective

Deprived of physical or emotional feeling.

Usage examples:

A hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses

verb

Deprive of physical or emotional feeling.

adjective

Unable to feel because of cold, shock, etc.

Usage examples:

A face benumbed with cold

noun

A possibility of something happening.

Usage examples:

There is a chance of winning the raffle

adjective

Fortuitous; accidental.

Usage examples:

A chance meeting

verb

Do something by accident or without intending to.

Usage examples:

He was very effusive if they chanced to meet

adjective

(of a structure) having fallen down or given way.

Usage examples:

An abandoned building with a collapsed roof

verb

(of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way.

Usage examples:

The roof collapsed on top of me

adjective

A collapsed lung or blood vessel (= tube that carries blood in the body) is not able to work because disease or injury has caused it to become flat.

adjective

Relating to or in a state of coma.

Usage examples:

She had been comatose for seven months

adjective

(of a person) unconscious and not able to wake up, usually because of illness or injury

Usage examples:

The traffic accident left him comatose with massive brain damage.

adjective

In a coma

adjective

Unable to think or react properly; bewildered.

Usage examples:

I was left dazed and confused

verb

(especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly.

Usage examples:

She was dazed by his revelations

adjective

Confused or unable to think clearly, esp. as a result of an injury or from shock

Usage examples:

The driver in the accident appeared dazed but not badly hurt., she was so happy she was in a daze.

noun

A person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

Usage examples:

He needed a boost to his ego

noun

Your idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability

Usage examples:

That man has such an enormous ego - i've never known anyone so full of themselves!, boost/bolster s…

noun

In psychoanalysis, the part of a person's mind that tries to match the hidden desires (= wishes) of the id (= part of the unconscious mind) with the demands of the real world

noun

The part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.

Usage examples:

The conflict between the drives of the id and the demands of the cultural superego

abbreviation

Idem.

suffix

Forming adjectives such as putrid, torrid.

adjective

Not moving; motionless.

Usage examples:

She sat immobile for a long time

adjective

Not moving, or not able to move or be moved

Usage examples:

He is in a cast to keep his spine immobile., the brace immobilized my elbow while the injury healed.

preposition

Expressing the situation of something that is or appears to be enclosed or surrounded by something else.

Usage examples:

I'm living in london

adverb

Expressing movement with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else.

Usage examples:

Come in

adjective

Present at one's home or office.

Usage examples:

We knocked at the door but there was no one in

adjective

Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.

Usage examples:

An inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment

adjective

Done or happening unintentionally

Usage examples:

An inadvertent mistake, i inadvertently gave her change for $20, but she’d only given me $10.

adjective

Lacking the ability or strength to move.

Usage examples:

She lay inert in her bed

adjective

Not moving or not able to move

Usage examples:

The inert figure of a man lay in the front of the car., an inert gas

adjective

Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.

Usage examples:

Any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers

adjective

Existing as a natural and permanent quality of something or someone

Usage examples:

The drug has certain inherent side effects., some phenomena in physics are inherently uncertain.

adjective

Inborn; natural.

Usage examples:

Her innate capacity for organization

adjective

Lacking physical sensation.

Usage examples:

A patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate

adjective

Not aware of what you are doing or what is happening around you

Usage examples:

He was virtually insensate after drinking half a bottle of whisky., insensate cruelty/brutality, in…

adjective

Without one's mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication; unconscious.

Usage examples:

They knocked each other insensible with their fists

adjective

Incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate.

Usage examples:

It's arrogant to presume animals to be insentient

adjective

Relating to or prompted by instinct; done without conscious thought.

Usage examples:

An instinctive distaste for conflict

Unthinking

adjective

(of behavior or actions) not thought about, planned, or learned

Usage examples:

My instinctive reaction was to walk away to avoid an argument., she instinctively understood how i …

adjective

Operated by a machine or machinery.

Usage examples:

A mechanical device

noun

The working parts of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

A major overhaul of the mechanicals

adjective

Of machines or their parts

Usage examples:

A mechanical problem, the garbagemen worked in a slow, mechanical way.

adjective

Not moving; stationary.

Usage examples:

An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

He looks made of stone, utterly motionless (= completely without movement).

adjective

Without moving

Usage examples:

The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.

adjective

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Usage examples:

Carrots contain a natural antiseptic

noun

A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity.

Usage examples:

She was a natural for television work

adverb

A person born with a learning disability.

adjective

(of a part of the body) deprived of the power of physical sensation.

Usage examples:

My feet were numb with cold

verb

Deprive of feeling or responsiveness.

Usage examples:

The cold had numbed her senses

noun

A professional, especially in sport.

Usage examples:

A tennis pro

noun

An advantage or argument in favour of something.

Usage examples:

The pros and cons of share ownership

adjective

(of a person or an event) professional.

Usage examples:

A pro golfer

noun

The human soul, mind, or spirit.

Usage examples:

Their childhood made them want to understand the human psyche and to help others

adjective

Variant spelling of psych (verb).

adjective

Mentally prepare (someone) for a testing task or occasion.

Usage examples:

He had to psych himself for a tough conversation with his wife

noun

An action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus.

Usage examples:

A newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes

adjective

(of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.

Usage examples:

Sneezing is a reflex action

noun

A sudden, automatic reaction to something

Usage examples:

He’s strong, always has good positioning, and his reflexes are fantastic.

noun

A person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action.

Usage examples:

Our alienation from our true selves

adjective

(of a trimming or cover) of the same material and colour as the rest of the item.

Usage examples:

A button-through style with self belt

verb

Self-pollinate; self-fertilize.

Usage examples:

A variety that selfs itself loses lots of vigour in the progeny

adjective

(of a person) unconscious.

Usage examples:

The attack left a policeman beaten senseless

adjective

Lacking purpose or meaning

Usage examples:

A senseless prank, it was senseless to treat me like that., they beat him senseless.

adjective

So shocked that one is temporarily unable to react; astonished.

Usage examples:

A silent, stunned crowd

verb

Knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.

Usage examples:

The man was stunned by a blow to the head

verb

Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.

Usage examples:

The offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her

adjective

Unable to think clearly, usually because someone is extremely tired or bored, or has taken drugs

Usage examples:

Stupefied by tiredness, she just sat in front of the fire., as they slept in a stupefied state, som…

adjective

Of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings.

Usage examples:

My subconscious fear

noun

The subconscious part of the mind (not in technical use in psychoanalysis, where unconscious is preferred).

Usage examples:

Uncertainties were lurking around the edge of her subconscious

noun

The part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.

Usage examples:

The father is the model for the superego

noun

In psychoanalysis, the part of your mind that knows what is right and what is wrong, and causes you to feel guilty when you do something wrong

adjective

Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic.

Usage examples:

We sat around in a torpid state

plural noun

(at oxford university) a series of races for eight-oared rowing boats held in hilary term.

Usage examples:

In my first year i rowed in torpids

adjective

Not active; moving or thinking slowly, especially as a result of being lazy or feeling that you want to sleep

Usage examples:

If you have a sudden loss of cabin pressure at 20,000 feet, passengers will become torpid and then …

adjective

Not planned or meant.

Usage examples:

The unintended consequences of people's actions

adjective

Not done on purpose.

Usage examples:

The translation added a layer of unintentional comedy

adjective

Not planned or intended

adjective

(of a person) not well educated.

Usage examples:

He appealed to an unlearned audience as well as to sympathetic scholars

adjective

Not having been learned.

Usage examples:

She found herself on the stage, lines unlearned

verb

Discard (something learned, especially a bad habit or false or outdated information) from one's memory.

Usage examples:

Teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling and placing children

adjective

Not planned.

Usage examples:

An unplanned pregnancy

adjective

Not planned or expected

Usage examples:

An unplanned pregnancy

adjective

(of an act, remark, or state) not thought out or planned beforehand.

Usage examples:

It was a totally unpremeditated attack

adjective

(especially of a crime or something unpleasant) done without being planned

adjective

Expressed, done, or acting without proper consideration of the consequences.

Usage examples:

She was at pains to correct unthinking prejudices

adjective

Not based on serious thought or an examination of the information

Usage examples:

What annoys me about these people is their unthinking hostility to anything foreign or unfamiliar.

adjective

(of a person) not aware of the full facts.

Usage examples:

An unwitting accomplice

adjective

Without knowing or planning

Usage examples:

The harmful radiation tests were performed long ago on unwitting subjects.