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
Or as Ahrenberg says with delight, “We have awoken Sleeping Beauty.”
Last week, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was awoken in the middle of the night and taken away from his prison.
Seventeen months later, a recently awoken Kennex is obsessed with figuring out how The Syndicate planned the ambush.
‘Almost Human’ Review: A Dystopian Future That We’ve Seen Before | Chancellor Agard | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnn Beck recalls her son being awoken by Arnold and summoned “in the middle of the night to drive Mildred home.”
But it also includes a new piece by Russian artist Valery Katsuba, entitled ALBATROSS (When memories are awoken by birds).
Gilles slept long, and was awoken in full light by the sound of King Richard calling for his breakfast.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay | Maurice HewlettDescribe for me the beauty that has awoken such emotion in a soul as dull and muddy as thy own.
Bubbles of the Foam | UnknownThou shalt think, if thou wilt, of all that has occurred to thee as nothing but a dream, from which thou hast awoken.
Bubbles of the Foam | UnknownHe was awoken by the voice of Oliver Marston loudly calling him.
Antony Waymouth | W.H.G. KingstonMercedes, who had recovered from her fainting fit, felt so terrified that she regretted that she had awoken again.
Last of the Incas | Gustave Aimard
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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