awake

CEFRA1

/əˈweɪk/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not sleeping; conscious and able to respond.

  2. 02

    verb

    To stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping.

Examples

  • Last night my house was robbed while I was still awake.

  • Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [əˈwɛːk]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Alert, aware.

  2. To become conscious after having slept.

  3. Not asleep; conscious.

More examples

In context

  • The household was already awake at 6 in the morning.

  • 1867-1879, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England The national spirit again awoke.

  • They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle of Middle English awaken (“to awaken”). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).