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AWAKE
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Irregular inflected forms: awoke , awoken
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
Example:
still not fully awake
Classified under:
Similar:
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
Example:
was now awake to the reality of his predicament
Synonyms:
alert; alive; awake
Classified under:
Similar:
aware; cognisant; cognizant ((sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Synonyms:
arouse; awake; awaken; come alive; wake; wake up; waken
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
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:
The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you usually had too much saliva during when you are awake or when you sleep?
(MDS-UPDRS - Saliva and Drooling, NCI Thesaurus)
The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Over the past week, have you had trouble staying awake during the daytime?
(MDS-UPDRS - Daytime Sleepiness, NCI Thesaurus)
Patient is awake and mentally responsive.
(Patient Alert, NCI Thesaurus)
“You, doctor! Top o' the morning to you, sir!” cried Silver, broad awake and beaming with good nature in a moment.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
At that time my virtue slumbered; my evil, kept awake by ambition, was alert and swift to seize the occasion; and the thing that was projected was Edward Hyde.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The patient stays awake but has no feeling in the area of the body treated with the anesthetic.
(Local anesthesia, NCI Dictionary)
A rare disorder characterized by episodes of excessive sleep and behavioral alterations while awake.
(Kleine-Levin Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
She remembered nothing more until she awoke and found herself in a beautiful meadow, full of sunshine, and with countless flowers blooming in every direction.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Spindles that occur outside normal non-REM sleep (while awake or during REM) could suggest IED activity in the temporal lobe.
(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)
Local: numbs one small area of the body. You stay awake and alert.
(Anesthesia, NIH)
