woke

CEFRA1

/wəʊk/

verb · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense of wake; stopped sleeping or became aware.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.

Examples

  • The baby woke up in the middle of the night.

  • When I woke up, I was sad.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /wok/
  • /woʊk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Awake: conscious and not asleep.

  2. Promoting cancel culture, identitarianism, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.

More examples

In context

  • What woke you up?

  • Waking up is a damn sight harder than going to sleep, but we’ll stay woke up longer.

  • If You’re Woke You Dig It [title]

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Origin

verb

Shortened from woken or woken up, or derived from dialectal use of woke (past participle of wake). The sense of being aware of social injustice dates to at least the 1930s. The derogatory use has been most commonly used as of the 2020s.