wake

CEFRA1

/ˈweɪ̯k/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To stop sleeping.

  2. 02

    noun

    A time of gathering after someone has died.

Examples

  • I always wake early in the summer.

  • The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈwæɪ̯k/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

  2. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

  3. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

More examples

In context

  • You failed to wake Harry up.

  • , Book II, Chapter I I cannot think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.

  • I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

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Antonyms

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After the loud noise outside, I began to blank from my deep afternoon sleep.

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Origin

verb

A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.