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wake1

Audio Help [weyk] Pronunciation Key verb, waked or woke, waked or wok·en, wak·ing, noun

–verb (used without object)

1.	to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up).

2.	to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams.

3.	to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation.

4.	to be or continue to be awake: Whether I wake or sleep, I think of you.

5.	to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.: I will wake until you return.

6.	to hold a wake over a corpse.

7.	to keep watch or vigil.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up): Don't wake me for breakfast. Wake me up at six o'clock.

9.	to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often fol. by up): The tragedy woke us up to the need for safety precautions.

10.	to hold a wake for or over (a dead person).

11.	to keep watch or vigil over.

–noun

12.	a watching, or a watch kept, esp. for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.

13.	a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking.

14.	a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance.

15.	the state of being awake: between sleep and wake.

[Origin: bef. 900; (v.) in sense “to become awake” continuing ME waken, OE *wacan (found only in past tense wōc and the compounds onwacan, āwacan to become awake; see awake (v.)); in sense “to be awake” continuing ME waken, OE wacian (c. OFris wakia, OS wakōn, ON vaka, Goth wakan); in sense “to rouse from sleep” continuing ME waken, r. ME wecchen, OE weccan, prob. altered by assoc. with the other senses and with the k of ON vaka; (n.) ME: state of wakefulness, vigil (late ME: vigil over a dead body), prob. continuing OE *wacu (found only in nihtwacu night-watch); all ult. < Gmc *wak- be lively; akin to watch, vegetable, vigil

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—Related forms

waker, noun

—Synonyms 8. arouse. 9. stimulate, activate, animate, kindle, provoke.

—Antonyms 1. sleep.

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wake-up

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–noun

1.	an act or instance of waking up.

2.	an act or instance of being awakened: I asked the hotel desk for a wake-up at 6.

3.	a time of awaking or being awakened: I'll need a 5 o'clock wake-up to make the early plane.

flicker².

–adjective

5.	serving to wake one from sleep: Leave a wake-up call at the front desk.

6.	serving to arouse or alert: a wake-up call on the problems of pollution.

[Origin: 1835–45; n., adj. use of v. phrase wake up

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wake up
verb
1.	cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken] [ant: cause to sleep]
2.	stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [ant: dope off]

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wake up1

to wake
Example: Wake up! You're late; The baby woke up in the middle of the night.

Arabic:	يَسْتَيْقِظ
Chinese (Simplified):	醒来
Chinese (Traditional):	醒來
Czech:	probudit se
Danish:	vågne op
Dutch:	wakker worden
Estonian:	üles ärkama
Finnish:	herätä
French:	(se) réveiller
German:	aufwachen
Greek:	ξυπνώ
Hungarian:	felébred
Icelandic:	vakna
Indonesian:	bangun
Italian:	svegliarsi

Japanese:	目を覚す
Latvian:	mosties
Lithuanian:	pabusti
Norwegian:	våkne
Polish:	obudzić się
Portuguese (Brazil):	acordar
Portuguese (Portugal):	acordar
Romanian:	a se trezi
Russian:	просыпаться
Slovak:	prebudiť sa
Slovenian:	prebuditi se
Spanish:	despertar(se)
Swedish:	vakna
Turkish:	uyan(dır)mak

wake up2

to become aware of
Example: It is time you woke up to the fact that you are not working hard enough.

Arabic:	يَعي، يُصْبِحُ يَقِظا لِ
Chinese (Simplified):	觉醒
Chinese (Traditional):	覺醒
Czech:	uvědomit si
Danish:	blive klar over
Dutch:	zich bewust worden van
Estonian:	taipama, teadvustama
Finnish:	herätä huomaamaan
French:	prendre conscience de
German:	sich bewußt werden
Greek:	αντιλαμβάνομαι
Hungarian:	felocsúdik
Icelandic:	vakna til meðvitundar um
Indonesian:	menyadari
Italian:	(aprire gli occhi)

Japanese:	気づく
Latvian:	atjēgties; saprast
Lithuanian:	suvokti
Norwegian:	få øynene opp for, bli klar over
Polish:	uświadomić sobie
Portuguese (Brazil):	tomar consciência
Portuguese (Portugal):	dar-se conta (de)
Romanian:	a-şi da seama de
Russian:	осознать
Slovak:	uvedomiť si
Slovenian:	zavesti se
Spanish:	despertar, darse cuenta
Swedish:	vakna
Turkish:	farkına varmak