Awake Definition

ə-wāk
awaked, awakes, awaking, awoke, awoken
verb
awaked, awakes, awaking, awoke, awoken
To rouse from sleep; waken.
American Heritage
To rouse from sleep; wake.
Webster's New World
To come out of sleep; wake.
Webster's New World
To make aware of.
The report awoke him to the possibilities of a compromise.
American Heritage
To rouse from inactivity; stir up.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Completely conscious; not in a state of sleep.
American Heritage
Not asleep.
Webster's New World
Fully alert; attuned.
American Heritage
Active or alert; aware.
Webster's New World

Not asleep; conscious.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Awake

  • Middle English awaken from Old English āwacan ā- intensive pref. wacan wake wake1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan (“wake”).

    From Wiktionary

Awake Sentence Examples

  • I was awake half the night.

  • She was still awake an hour later when Alex came through the door.

  • Betsy was awake when I returned.

  • Seeing as I was awake anyhow, I did a bit of surfing for info about our guest.

  • Then, on Christmas morning when everyone is awake, we lounge around in our night clothes while we open presents.

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Words Starting With

AAWAWA

Words Ending With

EKEAKE

Unscrambles

awake

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

Starts With A & Ends With EStarts With AW & Ends With EStarts With A & Ends With KE

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