awake1 adjectiveawake2 verb
awakea‧wake1 /əˈweɪk/ ●●● S2 adjective [not before noun] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "Are you awake, Lucy?" she whispered.
- Are you awake?
- Barely awake, we stumbled out of the tent to find ourselves in a foot of water.
- Ben lay awake, worrying about next day's exam.
- Ellen was determined to stay awake, despite the late hour.
- Gretchen wandered into the kitchen, only half awake and looking for coffee.
- He listened, only half awake, as the teacher's voice droned on.
- I'm usually awake before anyone else.
- I've lain awake at nights, turning the problem over and over in my mind.
- I've stopped drinking coffee in the evenings, as it tends to keep me awake at night.
- I was still wide awake at 2:00 a.m. when Jody came home.
- It was nearly three in the morning, but Jill was still wide awake.
- John, are you awake? I think I heard someone downstairs.
- Some members of the audience were clearly having difficulty staying awake.
- They won't allow us to see her until the anesthesia had worn off and she's fully awake.
- When she returned to the bedroom, Jamie was awake.
- Will I be awake by the time I get back to the ward?
- About 2 a. m. he was jerked awake by noises.
- He was awake now, and he knew what had happened.
- It was about this time that we seemed to come awake again.
- Shall he doubt whether he is awake, whether he is being pinched, or whether he is being burned?
- She tossed and turned, willing herself to stay awake.
- She was all right, she was awake.
- So for those of you who are still awake, she comes from Montreal.
- We lay awake for hours, each immersed in his or her own thoughts.
Longman Language Activatorconscious
awake and able to understand what is happening around you - use this especially about someone who is ill or has had an accident or operation: · The driver was still conscious when the ambulance reached her.· Frank was found lying beside the road, covered in blood but still conscious.barely conscious: · The man was so drunk that he was barely conscious.
especially spoken conscious again after having been given a drug that made you unconscious: · They won't allow us to see her until the anesthesia has worn off and she's fully awake.· Will I be awake by the time I get back to the ward?
to not go to bed and not sleep to not go to bed at the usual time or when other people do, but to stay awake and do things: · You guys go ahead and go to bed. I think I'll stay up for a while.· Kate stayed up all night by his bedside.· Didn't you even stay up on election night?· We went to bed, but Julie and Kate stayed up talking and playing cards.stay up till the small/wee hours (=keep awake until very late or nearly morning): · That night Carl stayed up into the small hours, preparing work for the next day.
to keep awake and not go to bed at the usual time because you are waiting for someone to come home: · Julie's parents waited up all night but she never came home.· I'll be home late tonight, so don't wait up.wait up for: · I should go - Marie will be waiting up for me.
not sleeping: · John, are you awake? I think I heard someone downstairs.· When she returned to the bedroom, Jamie was awake. wide awake (=awake and not tired at all): · I was still wide awake at 2:00 a.m. when Jody came home.half awake (=only partly awake): · Gretchen wandered into the kitchen, only half awake and looking for coffee.stay awake: · Ellen was determined to stay awake, despite the late hour.
to stop someone sleeping · Molly kept Paula awake all night talking.· Angry neighbours say they are regularly kept awake by guests leaving the hotel late at night.· These terrifying thoughts sometimes kept me awake for hours.
to prevent someone from going to bed or from going to sleep when they want to go to sleep: · Arnold would keep us all up with his long, rambling stories.· I'm often kept up by the noise of laughter and music from next door.
to sleep badly or be unable to sleep to wake up often during the night, and not feel rested or comfortable: · I'm sorry, I didn't sleep very well last night and it's put me in a bad mood.· They slept badly on the hard bamboo floor.
to be unable to go to sleep especially because of noise, worries, pain etc: · If you can't get to sleep, don't get up or have a meal or snack; relax and read quietly instead.· I just couldn't get to sleep, what with all the traffic and people in the street.
to sleep badly and only for short periods, especially because of noise, worries, pain etc: · The people next door are having a party, so we probably won't get much sleep tonight.· She cried all last night and I didn't get much sleep either.
to be someone who is easily woken when there is any movement or noise: · I'm a light sleeper - so I woke up as soon as I heard him come in.· I just hope your dad isn't a light sleeper.
informal to not sleep at all during the night, especially because you are worried, angry, upset etc: · I was so worried, I didn't sleep a wink last night.hardly/barely sleep a wink: · He had hardly slept a wink all night, beside himself with jealousy and anger.
to be in bed unable to sleep, especially because you are worried or excited about something: · I used to lie awake at night wondering what had happened to her.· I lay awake the whole night after I read the letter, thinking about what it could mean.· We'd lie awake, listening to our parents arguing in the room below.
to keep changing your position in bed because you are unable to sleep and do not feel comfortable: · She had slept badly, tossing and turning before falling into a fitful doze.· Do you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow, or do you toss and turn for hours before dropping off?
a night when you cannot sleep at all: · After a sleepless night, she looked almost as pale and exhausted as Elinor.give somebody a sleepless night (=make someone worry so much that they cannot sleep): · He's given us a few sleepless nights over the years, but we love him.spend a sleepless night: · Tom had spent a sleepless night on the sofa.
a night during which you sleep badly, keep changing your position in bed, and wake up often: · Another restless night followed, but she determinedly settled down to work again the next morning.· I'd had quite a restless night, and breakfast didn't look appetizing.
the inability to sleep at night: · Working outdoors all day certainly did wonders for my insomnia.· a cure for insomniasuffer from insomnia: · He suffered from insomnia and was taking sleeping pills each night.chronic insomnia (=when this happens to you a lot over a long period of time): · My mother was alarmed by my fits of weeping and chronic insomnia.
an inability to sleep that continues for several nights or more: · His eyes were still red-rimmed from tears and sleeplessness.· Sleeplessness and loss of appetite are common signs of stress.
to stop sleeping to stop sleeping. Wake is more formal than wake up and is usually used in writing.: · She woke early the next morning, and slipped out of the house unseen.· Babies often wake because they are hungry.· The dog suddenly woke up and started barking.wake up at 5 a.m./12 noon etc: · I woke up at five o'clock and couldn't get back to sleep again.
not asleep: be awake: · "Are you awake, Lucy?" she whispered.· I'm usually awake before anyone else.be wide awake (=be completely awake): · It was nearly three in the morning, but Jill was still wide awake.be half awake/barely awake (=be not quite awake): · He listened, only half awake, as the teacher's voice droned on.· Barely awake, we stumbled out of the tent to find ourselves in a foot of water.keep somebody awake: · I've stopped drinking coffee in the evenings, as it tends to keep me awake at night.stay awake: · Some members of the audience were clearly having difficulty staying awake.lie awake (=be unable to sleep at night): · Ben lay awake, worrying about next day's exam. · I've lain awake at nights, turning the problem over and over in my mind.
also come round British to gradually become conscious again after being given a drug or being hit on the head: · She was coming round after her operation, but she still felt dizzy and very sleepy.· Henry's eyelids flickered. 'He's coming around!' Marie cried.
to move slightly and wake for a short time, then go back to sleep again: · As I entered the room, she stirred slightly, then went back to sleep.· Roger momentarily stirred, turned in the bed and murmured something inaudible.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
I was only half awake. The sound of the phone jerked me awake. I was struggling to keep awake. She would lie awake worrying.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· I was tired and it was hard to stay awake.
· Kate lay awake thinking about what had happened.
· The noise of the airplanes kept me awake.
· Ben shook me awake and told me the news.
adverbs (=completely awake)· I'm never wide awake until I've had a cup of coffee.
(=not fully awake)· Most of the people on the train were only half awake.
· George, barely awake, came stumbling down the stairs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I was only half awake. The sound of the phone jerked me awake. I was struggling to keep awake. She would lie awake worrying.· The sound of footsteps on the deck above her head brought her fully awake.· I was fully awake, but kept seeing the snake slide over the log.· She startled fully awake, alert.· Meanwhile, the cognitive dissonance of the experience should shock any uniformitarian in the audience fully awake.· Now fully awake, fright overcame her.· His face fell and he began to sob as he came fully awake and remembered that even that was no longer true.
· She looked across to see if her father was still awake.· So for those of you who are still awake, she comes from Montreal.· She'd found the Man of her dreams, except she was still awake.· Michelle was also still awake, uncurtained windows admitting the light of September's last moon.· From somewhere in the lower regions of the house, laughter told Beth that Luther Reynolds was still awake.· At four in the morning, in sheets clammy with sweat, she was still awake.· Ellen was still awake, talking in the stateroom with Rickie, but everyone else seemed asleep.· Adam sighed and switched off the light by the side of the desk so they wouldn't know he was still awake.
· In an instant Fabia was wide awake and, with a drumming heart, she put on the light.· As the train slid slowly into Asansol station, Brother Mariadas, suddenly wide awake, shook me out of my reverie.· The hedgehog caper had somehow affected his pattern of sleep and he was wide awake at six, with nowhere to go.· After an hour, though still wide awake, I crimped the page and turned off the light.· Bright green lizards were scuttling over a clump of tree-roots twice as tall as Alan, and he was wide awake.· Miles and Evan are so wide awake, it is exhausting.· When he came to bed, hours later it seemed, she was wide awake.· Jack was wide awake, in his red silk pajamas and red silk robe.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1not sleeping: - Suddenly the world was awake to the dangers of nuclear weapons.
- He sat with his legs wide apart.
- It was 3 a.m., but I was wide awake.
- The door was wide open when we got here.
- After an hour, though still wide awake, I crimped the page and turned off the light.
- But from what I gathered at the arts fair, the field is pretty wide open.
- My big worry is that the Monster will come wide awake and ruin things with its gross demands.
- The doors of the Conch cafe were wide open with no sign of Huong or Anna; they had probably evacuated.
- The main door stood wide open making a through draught.
- These are still very early days and the options are wide open.
- They were certainly the first means of crossing wide open spaces that are still vast and untamed, even today.
- Turning the corner into Polly's road, Jack noticed suddenly that the door to her house was wide open.
I hope he’s awake now. She was still only half awake when I brought her a cup of coffee. How do you stay awake during boring lectures? Emma lay awake half the night, worrying. The noise brought him wide awake (=completely awake). To keep themselves awake (=stop themselves from going to sleep) they sat on the floor and told each other stories.2be awake to something to understand a situation and its possible effects SYN be aware of something: Too few people are awake to the dangers of noise pollution.COLLOCATIONSverbsstay/keep/remain awake· I was tired and it was hard to stay awake.lie awake· Kate lay awake thinking about what had happened.keep somebody awake· The noise of the airplanes kept me awake.shake somebody awake· Ben shook me awake and told me the news.adverbsbe wide/fully awake (=completely awake)· I'm never wide awake until I've had a cup of coffee.be half awake (=not fully awake)· Most of the people on the train were only half awake.be hardly/barely awake· George, barely awake, came stumbling down the stairs.awake1 adjectiveawake2 verb
awakeawake2 verb (past tense awoke /əˈwəʊk $ əˈwoʊk/, past participle awoken /əˈwəʊkən $ əˈwoʊ-/) [intransitive, transitive] WORD ORIGINawake2
Origin:
Old English awacan (from wacan) and awacian (from wacian); ➔ WAKE1VERB TABLE
awake
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | awake |
| he, she, it | awakes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | awoke |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have awoken |
| he, she, it | has awoken | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had awoken |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will awake |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have awoken |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am awaking |
| he, she, it | is awaking | |
| you, we, they | are awaking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was awaking |
| you, we, they | were awaking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been awaking |
| he, she, it | has been awaking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been awaking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be awaking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been awaking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I awoke, feeling that someone was nearby.
- And then one day it awoke.
- Chapter Twelve Melissa slept late and awoke with a splitting headache.
- I awoke in pain, still hung over from the Nembles, and from there I proceeded to stumble downhill.
- I awoke to rain and sleet pounding on the roof, and to the sound of rushing wind.
- I would place the picture next to my bed so that I could see it first thing when I awoke.
- She awoke around 2: 30 a.m. and went to work.
- When he awoke, he was next to a fire.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I was only half awake. The sound of the phone jerked me awake. I was struggling to keep awake. She would lie awake worrying.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
I was only half awake. The sound of the phone jerked me awake. I was struggling to keep awake. She would lie awake worrying.· In the intervening days Flora walked on air, or lay awake in her dormitory rehearsing the things she would tell Felix.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1formal to wake up, or to make someone wake up: - He sat with his legs wide apart.
- It was 3 a.m., but I was wide awake.
- The door was wide open when we got here.
- After an hour, though still wide awake, I crimped the page and turned off the light.
- But from what I gathered at the arts fair, the field is pretty wide open.
- My big worry is that the Monster will come wide awake and ruin things with its gross demands.
- The doors of the Conch cafe were wide open with no sign of Huong or Anna; they had probably evacuated.
- The main door stood wide open making a through draught.
- These are still very early days and the options are wide open.
- They were certainly the first means of crossing wide open spaces that are still vast and untamed, even today.
- Turning the corner into Polly's road, Jack noticed suddenly that the door to her house was wide open.
It was midday when she awoke. We awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually use wake up rather than awake:· I woke up at 4 o'clock this morning.2literary if something awakes an emotion, or if an emotion awakes, you suddenly begin to feel that emotion: The gesture awoke an unexpected flood of tenderness towards her.awake to something phrasal verb to begin to realize the possible effects of a situation SYN wake up to: Artists finally awoke to the aesthetic possibilities of photography.