Definition of wakeful in English:

wakeful

adjective ˈweɪkfʊlˈweɪkf(ə)lˈweɪkfəl

1(of a person) unable or not needing to sleep.
he had been wakeful all night
Example sentencesExamples
- I lay wakeful that night, going over and over every detail in my head.
- Before long the sense of foreboding was back like a rat in his belly, and he lay weary and wakeful into the early hours of the dawn.
- Our children are presumably as wakeful as any other children at any time in history.
- She told me that when she was lying wakeful and anxious in bed at night, she used to imagine my house and my brother's house, both hundreds of miles away, out of Ireland, across the sea.
- It seems like yesterday that he was the wakeful baby who nursed incessantly and rarely slept through the night.
- Some babies manage five or six-hour stretches of sleep at night by three to four months, but many do not, and others may even be more wakeful than when they were younger.
- At night he lay in bed beside his wife also wakeful, also silent, her back to him in the dark - and went over it in his mind.
- Anna sat in the seat next to Izumi, her mind wakeful and restless.
- While Sancho falls quickly to sleep, Don Quijote remains wakeful and restless.
Synonyms
unsleeping, awake, restless, restive, tossing and turning, without sleep, wide awake, insomniac
archaic watchful
1. 1.1 (of a period of time) passed with little or no sleep.
  wakeful nights
  Example sentencesExamples
  Both of us knew that having to endure a few months of wakeful nights goes with the territory, and also that these months pass quickly as the child learns to sleep the whole night through.
  One can read several wakeful nights recorded in her face.
  I used to have long wakeful periods at night, thinking ridiculous things.
  Days are a bit more wakeful, though he's taken to having a long late morning sleep from around 9.30-10 am that can last for up to 3 hours.
  Fortunately for us, this wakeful time has been largely during the day, and we've had very few ‘horror’ nights.
  I've been spending many wakeful nights during the past couple of weeks thinking about my blessings versus my challenges.
  It had been a late and wakeful night for the two of them, talking and smoking and drinking in El's room.

Derivatives

wakefully

adverb

She stared wakefully at the stars which peeked through the canopy of trees overhead, and wondered how Adam was doing, and if he was all right.
Example sentencesExamples
- She shifted wakefully in her bed and looked at the door.

wakefulness

nounˈweɪkf(ə)lnəsˈweɪkfʊlnəsˈweɪkfəlnəs

I staggered into wakefulness at 11:45 when Graham rang to say good night.
Example sentencesExamples
- We dozed, never quite letting ourselves go, ready to jump into confused wakefulness, anticipating action of some kind.
- I sort of half-slept last night, suspended in a weird state between wakefulness and dreaming, kept anchored in the world by the sound of the radio.
- Something intense is going on when we sleep; in fact, on an EEG trace it looks very similar to wakefulness.
- I do this in the night sometimes, in moments of partial wakefulness.

Definition of wakeful in US English:

wakeful

adjectiveˈweɪkfəlˈwākfəl

1(of a person) unable or not needing to sleep.
he had been wakeful all night
Example sentencesExamples
- Our children are presumably as wakeful as any other children at any time in history.
- She told me that when she was lying wakeful and anxious in bed at night, she used to imagine my house and my brother's house, both hundreds of miles away, out of Ireland, across the sea.
- While Sancho falls quickly to sleep, Don Quijote remains wakeful and restless.
- At night he lay in bed beside his wife also wakeful, also silent, her back to him in the dark - and went over it in his mind.
- It seems like yesterday that he was the wakeful baby who nursed incessantly and rarely slept through the night.
- Before long the sense of foreboding was back like a rat in his belly, and he lay weary and wakeful into the early hours of the dawn.
- Some babies manage five or six-hour stretches of sleep at night by three to four months, but many do not, and others may even be more wakeful than when they were younger.
- I lay wakeful that night, going over and over every detail in my head.
- Anna sat in the seat next to Izumi, her mind wakeful and restless.
Synonyms
unsleeping, awake, restless, restive, tossing and turning, without sleep, wide awake, insomniac
1. 1.1 (of a period of time) passed with little or no sleep.
  wakeful nights
  Example sentencesExamples
  I've been spending many wakeful nights during the past couple of weeks thinking about my blessings versus my challenges.
  Days are a bit more wakeful, though he's taken to having a long late morning sleep from around 9.30-10 am that can last for up to 3 hours.
  Both of us knew that having to endure a few months of wakeful nights goes with the territory, and also that these months pass quickly as the child learns to sleep the whole night through.
  One can read several wakeful nights recorded in her face.
  Fortunately for us, this wakeful time has been largely during the day, and we've had very few ‘horror’ nights.
  It had been a late and wakeful night for the two of them, talking and smoking and drinking in El's room.
  I used to have long wakeful periods at night, thinking ridiculous things.

单词	wakeful
释义	Definition of wakeful in English: wakeful adjective ˈweɪkfʊlˈweɪkf(ə)lˈweɪkfəl 1(of a person) unable or not needing to sleep. he had been wakeful all night Example sentencesExamples I lay wakeful that night, going over and over every detail in my head. Before long the sense of foreboding was back like a rat in his belly, and he lay weary and wakeful into the early hours of the dawn. Our children are presumably as wakeful as any other children at any time in history. She told me that when she was lying wakeful and anxious in bed at night, she used to imagine my house and my brother's house, both hundreds of miles away, out of Ireland, across the sea. It seems like yesterday that he was the wakeful baby who nursed incessantly and rarely slept through the night. Some babies manage five or six-hour stretches of sleep at night by three to four months, but many do not, and others may even be more wakeful than when they were younger. At night he lay in bed beside his wife also wakeful, also silent, her back to him in the dark - and went over it in his mind. Anna sat in the seat next to Izumi, her mind wakeful and restless. While Sancho falls quickly to sleep, Don Quijote remains wakeful and restless. Synonyms unsleeping, awake, restless, restive, tossing and turning, without sleep, wide awake, insomniac archaic watchful 1.1 (of a period of time) passed with little or no sleep. wakeful nights Example sentencesExamples Both of us knew that having to endure a few months of wakeful nights goes with the territory, and also that these months pass quickly as the child learns to sleep the whole night through. One can read several wakeful nights recorded in her face. I used to have long wakeful periods at night, thinking ridiculous things. Days are a bit more wakeful, though he's taken to having a long late morning sleep from around 9.30-10 am that can last for up to 3 hours. Fortunately for us, this wakeful time has been largely during the day, and we've had very few ‘horror’ nights. I've been spending many wakeful nights during the past couple of weeks thinking about my blessings versus my challenges. It had been a late and wakeful night for the two of them, talking and smoking and drinking in El's room. Derivatives wakefully adverb She stared wakefully at the stars which peeked through the canopy of trees overhead, and wondered how Adam was doing, and if he was all right. Example sentencesExamples She shifted wakefully in her bed and looked at the door. wakefulness nounˈweɪkf(ə)lnəsˈweɪkfʊlnəsˈweɪkfəlnəs I staggered into wakefulness at 11:45 when Graham rang to say good night. Example sentencesExamples We dozed, never quite letting ourselves go, ready to jump into confused wakefulness, anticipating action of some kind. I sort of half-slept last night, suspended in a weird state between wakefulness and dreaming, kept anchored in the world by the sound of the radio. Something intense is going on when we sleep; in fact, on an EEG trace it looks very similar to wakefulness. I do this in the night sometimes, in moments of partial wakefulness. Definition of wakeful in US English: wakeful adjectiveˈweɪkfəlˈwākfəl 1(of a person) unable or not needing to sleep. he had been wakeful all night Example sentencesExamples Our children are presumably as wakeful as any other children at any time in history. She told me that when she was lying wakeful and anxious in bed at night, she used to imagine my house and my brother's house, both hundreds of miles away, out of Ireland, across the sea. While Sancho falls quickly to sleep, Don Quijote remains wakeful and restless. At night he lay in bed beside his wife also wakeful, also silent, her back to him in the dark - and went over it in his mind. It seems like yesterday that he was the wakeful baby who nursed incessantly and rarely slept through the night. Before long the sense of foreboding was back like a rat in his belly, and he lay weary and wakeful into the early hours of the dawn. Some babies manage five or six-hour stretches of sleep at night by three to four months, but many do not, and others may even be more wakeful than when they were younger. I lay wakeful that night, going over and over every detail in my head. Anna sat in the seat next to Izumi, her mind wakeful and restless. Synonyms unsleeping, awake, restless, restive, tossing and turning, without sleep, wide awake, insomniac 1.1 (of a period of time) passed with little or no sleep. wakeful nights Example sentencesExamples I've been spending many wakeful nights during the past couple of weeks thinking about my blessings versus my challenges. Days are a bit more wakeful, though he's taken to having a long late morning sleep from around 9.30-10 am that can last for up to 3 hours. Both of us knew that having to endure a few months of wakeful nights goes with the territory, and also that these months pass quickly as the child learns to sleep the whole night through. One can read several wakeful nights recorded in her face. Fortunately for us, this wakeful time has been largely during the day, and we've had very few ‘horror’ nights. It had been a late and wakeful night for the two of them, talking and smoking and drinking in El's room. I used to have long wakeful periods at night, thinking ridiculous things.
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