AWAKE (awoke, awoken)

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Irregular inflected forms: awoke    , awoken   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does awake mean? 

• AWAKE (adjective)
  The adjective AWAKE has 2 senses:

1. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

2. mentally perceptive and responsive

  Familiarity information: AWAKE used as an adjective is rare.

• AWAKE (verb)
  The verb AWAKE has 1 sense:

1. stop sleeping

  Familiarity information: AWAKE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AWAKE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

Context example:

still not fully awake

Similar:

astir; up (out of bed)

awakened ((somewhat formal) having been waked up)

insomniac; sleepless; watchful (experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness)

unsleeping; wide-awake (fully awake)

wakeful; waking (marked by full consciousness or alertness)

Also:

alert; watchful (engaged in or accustomed to close observation)

aware; cognisant; cognizant ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)

conscious (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts)

Antonym:

asleep (in a state of sleep)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mentally perceptive and responsive

Synonyms:

alert; alive; awake

Context example:

was now awake to the reality of his predicament

Similar:

aware; cognisant; cognizant ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)

• AWAKE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they awake    ... he / she / it awakes   
Past simple: awoke   
Past participle: awoken   
-ing form: awaking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stop sleeping

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

arouse; awake; awaken; come alive; wake; wake up; waken

Context example:

She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

Hypernyms (to "awake" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

"Awake" entails doing...:

catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

He was well but quietly dressed in a dark-grey suit, and carried a brown wide-awake in his hand.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I slipped in in safety and lay awake half the night in my joy at the thought of seeing you.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It came in a single night, and the miners awoke to howling wind, driving snow, and freezing water.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He awoke next morning from rosy scenes of dream to a steamy atmosphere that smelled of soapsuds and dirty clothes, and that was vibrant with the jar and jangle of tormented life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I slept very little, for the disquiets of my mind prevailed over my weariness, and kept me awake.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I found him asleep twice when I awoke; but I did not fear to go to sleep again, although the boughs or bats or something napped almost angrily against the window-panes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

We were awake early and just finishing breakfast as daylight came.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was as much awake to the novelty of attention in that quarter as Elizabeth herself could be, and unconsciously closed his book.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It was lucky the Scarecrow and the Woodman were wide awake and heard the wolves coming.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I awoke exhausted, and finding that it was already night, I crept forth from my hiding-place, and went in search of food.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)