Sekirov Dictionary

awake

/əˈweːk/

adjective 2
verb 8
forms 13
phrases 1

adjective[after a verb]2

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not sleeping
- By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben. — 2000
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(figurative) Alert, aware.
- They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.

verb[after a verb]8

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To become conscious after having slept.
- Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night, Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultán's Turret in a Noose of light. — 1859
To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
To excite or to stir up something latent.
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Used in a phrasal verb: to awake to (“to be roused from one's sleep, due to a noise or other stimulus.”).
- this morning, I awoke to the sound of my neighbor's barking dog.
(figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
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(figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
- The national spirit again awoke. — 1867
To make aware of something.
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Used in a phrasal verb: to awake to (“to become awake of something and its possibile effects or results.”).
- It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation.

forms

awaked · awoke · awook · awakedst · awokest · awaken · awoken · awaking · awakes · awaketh · awakest · more awake · most awake

Phrases with awake

wide awake
Awake and very alert; vigilant, watchful.

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