woken

CEFRB1

/ˈwəʊ.kən/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past participle of wake; stopped sleeping or been made aware.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To make or become woke or woker.

Examples

  • I feel as if I've woken up from a nightmare.

  • You need not have woken me up.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈwoʊ.kən/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning
  1. past participle of wake

More examples

In context
  • The “wokening” industry swallowed Orr's latest incarnation—the new, improved Rory Rabineau—as a perfect antidote to the perceived poison of his uninsurable “mental instability.”

  • Which is why progressivism ain't no religion; it's a cult. Instead of the Ten Commandments, it's political correctness. Instead of any meaningful spiritual awakening, it's a performative woke'''ning.

  • Instead of a grim reminder of reality in which the Black hero survives the ordeal only to be wrongfully dispatched by police—à la Night of the Living Dead—Get Out exudes the hope of an ever-wokening world.

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Origin

verb

Morphologically woke + -n.