Definitions for awake
əˈweɪkawake

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. awake(p)adjective

   not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

   "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"

2. alert, alive(p), awake(p)verb

   mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"

   "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"

3. wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, wakenverb

   stop sleeping

   "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. awakeverb

   To become conscious after having slept.

   Etymology: From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan (wake).

2. awakeverb

   To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

   Etymology: From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan (wake).

3. awakeverb

   to excite or to stir up something latent.

   Etymology: From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan (wake).

4. awakeadjective

   Not asleep; conscious.

   Etymology: From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan (wake).

5. awakeadjective

   Alert, aware.

   Etymology: From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan (wake).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Awakeverb

   to rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken

   Etymology: [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]

2. Awakeverb

   to rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties

   Etymology: [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]

3. Awakeverb

   to cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death

   Etymology: [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]

4. Awakeadjective

   not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action

   Etymology: [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Awake

   a-wāk′, v.t. to rouse from sleep: to rouse from a state of inaction.—v.i. to cease sleeping: to rouse one's self from sleep or indifference:—pa.p. awaked′, or awoke′.—adj. not asleep: vigilant.—adj. Awak′able, capable of being awakened.—v.t. and v.i. Awak′en, to awake: to rouse into interest or attention: (theol.) to call to a sense of sin.—adj. Awak′enable.—ns. Awak′enment, Awak′ing, Awak′ening, the act of awaking or ceasing to sleep: an arousing from indifference: a revival of religion.—To be awake to, to be fully aware of anything. [A.S. awæcnan. See Wake, Watch.]

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1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'awake' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3567

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'awake' in Adjectives Frequency: #854

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of awake in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of awake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of awake in a Sentence

1. Jim Harrick:

   He's awake now, so that's probably the most encouraging news we've had since it all started.

2. Victor Hugo:

   Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

3. Octavio Paz:

   Modern man likes to pretend that his thinking is wide-awake. But this wide-awake thinking has led us into the mazes of a nightmare in which the torture chambers are endlessly repeated in the mirrors of reason.

4. Andre McGregor:

   Our investigation led to the discovery of many more exposed computer systems with vulnerable management consoles (which) kept me awake at night as a constant reminder that basic cyber hygiene remains the at the forefront of the battle against cyber attacks.

5. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   Was Secretary Clinton awake or asleep when four Americans were being murdered? We don't know to this day, we do know Hillary told her daughter Chelsea, 'Well gosh, I knew it was a terrorist attack,' while we were out telling the American people it wasn't. You know, I'll tell you, in my house, if my daughter Catherine, the 5-year-old, says something she knows to be false, she gets a spanking.

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