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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

/ əˈ·É±ðɪ°ì /

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 ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹Â··É²¹°ì±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³ó²¹±ô´Ú-²¹Â··É²¹°ì±ð adjective
  • °ù±ða··É²¹°ì±ð verb reawoke or reawaked reawaking
  • ³Ü²Ôa··É²¹°ì±ð adjective
  • un²¹Â··É²¹°ì±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôa··É²¹°ì±ð»å adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôa··É²¹°ìi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of awake1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English awaken, Old English awacen, past participle of ²¹·É泦²Ô²¹²Ô; a 1, waken
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of awake1

Old English awacian, awacan; see wake 1
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Example Sentences

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"They said they had an arrest order for me but gave me no details. My son was awake, and I couldn't even tell him what was happening as I didn't get it myself."

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“Following the procedure, she was discharged in stable condition — awake, with stable vital signs and protective reflexes intact — into her mother’s care, following our standard post-anesthesia protocols,†according to the statement.

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Wayne hates the bird because it keeps him awake at night, Stella jokes, hand in hand with him to one side of his chair.

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Several of the women also echoed something I have repeatedly heard elsewhere - they can finally sleep again, after lying awake nights afraid that RSF looters would break in.

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By 6 a.m. he was awake and drove to Pacific Palisades to see if anything could be salvaged.

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