awake
to wake up; rouse from sleep: I awoke at six with a feeling of dread.
to rouse to action; become active: His flagging interest awoke.
to come or bring to an awareness; become cognizant (often followed by to): She awoke to the realities of life.
waking; not sleeping.
vigilant; alert: They were awake to the danger.
Origin of awake
1Other words from awake
- a·wake·a·ble, adjective
- half-a·wake, adjective
- re·a·wake, verb, re·a·woke or re·a·waked, re·a·wak·ing.
- un·a·wake, adjective
- un·a·wake·a·ble, adjective
- un·a·waked, adjective
- un·a·wak·ing, adjective
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How to use awake in a sentence
Retired worn out; slept soundly; awaked by mate telling me that both men on watch and steersman missing.
Dracula | Bram StokerBetter this than to be at the Ball in some corner nodding, and awaked now & then with a midnight Yell!
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers FithianHe was suddenly awaked with the noise of firing; and starting from his bed, saw every thing already in tumult and confusion.
Sir Hugh readily assented, and composing himself for his afternoon nap, desired to be awaked if Dr. Orkborne came back.
Camilla | Fanny BurneyBut I had scarcely shut my eyes, when something that fell by me with a great noise awaked me.
The Arabian Nights | Unknown
British Dictionary definitions for awake
/ (əˈweɪk) /
to emerge or rouse from sleep; wake
to become or cause to become alert
(usually foll by to) to become or make aware (of): to awake to reality
Also: awaken (tr) to arouse (feelings, etc) or cause to remember (memories, etc)
not sleeping
(sometimes foll by to) lively or alert
Origin of awake
1awake
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