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awake
[ uh-weyk ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to wake up; rouse from sleep:
I awoke at six with a feeling of dread.
- to rouse to action; become active:
His flagging interest awoke.
- to come or bring to an awareness; become cognizant (often followed by to ):
She awoke to the realities of life.
adjective
- waking; not sleeping.
- vigilant; alert:
They were awake to the danger.
awake
/ əˈɱɪ /
verb
- to emerge or rouse from sleep; wake
- to become or cause to become alert
- usually foll by to to become or make aware (of)
to awake to reality
- Alsoawaken tr to arouse (feelings, etc) or cause to remember (memories, etc)
adjective
- not sleeping
- sometimes foll by to lively or alert
Usage
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ɲa· adjective
- -·ɲ adjective
- a·ɲ verb reawoke or reawaked reawaking
- ܲa·ɲ adjective
- un·ɲa· adjective
- ܲa·ɲ adjective
- ܲa·ɲiԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of awake1
Example Sentences
"I wasn't even awake half the time," she said.
"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."
“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.
Wayne hates the bird because it keeps him awake at night, Stella jokes, hand in hand with him to one side of his chair.
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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