awakeadjective [ after verb ]
uk/əˈweɪk/us/əˈweɪk/B1 not sleeping:
"Is Oliver awake yet?" "Yes, he's wide (= completely) awake and running around his bedroom."
I find it so difficult to stay awake during history lessons.
I drink a lot of coffee to keep me awake.
She used to lie awake at night worrying about how to pay the bills.
be awake to sth mainly UK
If you are awake to something, you know about it:
Businesses need to be awake to the advantages of European integration.
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- The noise from their party kept me awake half the night.
- It was 3 a.m. and we were still wide awake.
- I'm surprised to see you awake - ten minutes ago you were sound asleep.
- She lay awake listening to her sister's steady breathing.
- Go and see if Tim's awake - it's time he was getting ready for school.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woke
- woken
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Aware
awakeverb [ I or T ]
uk/əˈweɪk/us/əˈweɪk/awoke or US also awaked, awokenliterary to stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping:
I awoke at seven o'clock.
She awoke me at seven.
to start to understand or feel something or to make someone start to understand or feel something:
The chance meeting awoke the old passion between them.
Young people need to awake to the risks involved in casual sex.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woke
- woken
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Announcing, informing & stating