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awake

[ uh-weyk ]

verb (used with or without object)

awoke or awaked, awoke or awaked or awoken awaking.
  1. to wake up; rouse from sleep:

    I awoke at six with a feeling of dread.

  2. to rouse to action; become active:

    His flagging interest awoke.

  3. to come or bring to an awareness; become cognizant (often followed by to ):

    She awoke to the realities of life.



adjective

  1. waking; not sleeping.
  2. vigilant; alert:

    They were awake to the danger.

awake

/ əˈɱɪ /

verb

  1. to emerge or rouse from sleep; wake
  2. to become or cause to become alert
  3. usually foll by to to become or make aware (of)

    to awake to reality

  4. Alsoawaken tr to arouse (feelings, etc) or cause to remember (memories, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. not sleeping
  2. sometimes foll by to lively or alert
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

See wake 1
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ɲa· adjective
  • 󲹱-·ɲ adjective
  • a·ɲ verb reawoke or reawaked reawaking
  • ܲa·ɲ adjective
  • un·ɲa· adjective
  • ܲa·ɲ adjective
  • ܲa·ɲiԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of awake1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English awaken, Old English awacen, past participle of æԲ; a 1, waken
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of awake1

Old English awacian, awacan; see wake 1
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On 28 September 2023, the world awoke to find the tree had been felled.

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Because of this, sleep trackers are better at measuring when a person is asleep or awake rather than specific phases of sleep, like rapid-eye movement sleep, Goldstein said.

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When she awoke, her forehead was on the ground.

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The Dodgers awoke Wednesday with 13 pitchers on the injured list, the most of any major league team, matching the combined total of the rest of the NL West.

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If they were awake, they would put the baby on a pillow between them, she added.

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