awake
(adjective) not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; âlay awake thinking about his new jobâ; âstill not fully awakeâ
alert, alive, awake
(adjective) mentally perceptive and responsive; âan alert mindâ; âalert to the problemsâ; âalive to what is going onâ; âawake to the dangers of her situationâ; âwas now awake to the reality of his predicamentâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
awake (comparative more awake, superlative most awake) (predicative only)
Not asleep; conscious.
Synonyms: conscious, lucid, wide awake, Thesaurus:awake
Antonyms: asleep, unconscious, Thesaurus:asleep
(figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.
Synonyms: wary, woke, Thesaurus:vigilant
Antonyms: heedless, oblivious
awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past (rare) awaked or awoke, past participle (rare) awaked or (rare) awoke or (rare) awaken or awoken)
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
Synonyms: awaken, wake up, Thesaurus:wake
Antonyms: fall asleep, Thesaurus:fall asleep
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
Synonyms: bring round, cry, wake up, Thesaurus:awaken
Antonym: put to sleep
(transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.
(transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
(intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
For many speakers, this verb is commonly conflated with awaken (and, in such cases, lends some conjugational elements to it). See the usage notes at awaken for more details.
Source: Wiktionary
A*wake", v. t. [imp. Awoke, Awaked (; p. p. Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] Etym: [AS. awĂŠcnan, v. i. (imp. aw), and awacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.]
1. To rouse from sleep.; to wake; to awaken. Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. Tennyson. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25.
2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith. It way awake my bounty further. Shak. No sunny gleam awakes the trees. Keble.
A*wake", v. i.
Definition: To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death. The national spirit again awoke. Freeman. Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. xv. 34.
A*wake", a. Etym: [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]
Definition: Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action. Before whom awake I stood. Milton. She still beheld, Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep. Keats. He was awake to the danger. Froude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
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