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- DictionaryA·wake/əˈwāk/
verb
- 1. stop sleeping; wake from sleep: "she awoke to find the streets covered in snow"
adjective
- 1. not asleep: "the noise might keep you awake at night"
1. : to cease sleeping : to wake up. She awoke late that morning. The next day we awoke to the sound of drums. Sarah Ferrell. 2. : to become aroused or active again. when the volcano awoke. 3. : to become conscious or aware of something. awoke to the possibilities.
AWAKE definition: 1. not sleeping: 2. If you are awake to something, you know about it: 3. to stop sleeping or to…. Learn more.
When you're awake, you're conscious and aware of your surroundings. When you're not awake, you're asleep. If you are reading this, you are indeed awake. Most people are awake during the day and asleep at night, but if you work the night shift or suffer from insomnia, you might also be awake at night. When awake is used as a verb, it means "wake ...
Awake definition: to wake up; rouse from sleep. See examples of AWAKE used in a sentence.
awake in American English. (əˈweik) (verb awoke or awaked, awoke or awaked or awoken, awaking) transitive verb or intransitive verb. 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.
AWAKE meaning: 1. to not be sleeping: 2. to be completely awake 3. to wake up, or make someone wake up. Learn more.
[intransitive, transitive] awake (something) if an emotion awakes or something awakes an emotion, you start to feel that emotion. His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities.
[not before noun] not asleep (especially immediately before or after sleeping) to be half/fully awake. to be wide awake (= fully awake) I was still awake when he came to bed. The noise was keeping everyone awake. I was finding it hard to stay awake. He lies awake at night worrying about his job.
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. ( tr) to arouse (feelings, etc) or cause to remember (memories, etc) adj ( postpositive)
The verb awake is usually used only in writing and in the past tense awoke: She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine. Waken and awaken are much more formal. Awaken is used especially in literature: The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss.
