Awake

English

Adjective

Awake (comparative more Awake, superlative most Awake)(predicative only)

1. Not asleep; conscious.
2. (by extension) Alert, aware.

Verb

Awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past awoke or awaked, past participle awoken or awaked)

1. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
2. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
3. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.

Adverbs for Awake

rudely; shudderingly; accidentally; muscularly; singularly; breathlessly; consequently; hauntingly; blissfully; manifestly; spiritually; mechanically.

See also

wake.

Thesaurus

activate; agile; alert; alive; animate; annoy; apprehensive; arouse; aroused; attentive; au courant; awake to; awaken; awaken to; be begotten; be born; be incarnated; blow the coals; blow up; bright; call forth; call up; clear-sighted; clear-witted; clearheaded; cognizant; come alive; come into being; come into existence; come to; come to life; conscious; conversant; enkindle; enrage; excite; excited; fan; fan the fire; fan the flame; feed the fire; fire; flame; foment; frenzy; get up; heat; heedful; ignite; impassion; incense; incite; inflame; infuriate; keen; key up; kindle; knock up; knowing; lather up; light the fuse; light up; live again; madden; move; nimble; on guard; on the; on the alert; on the ball; on the job; overexcite; prompt; qui vive; quick; quicken; ready; realize; reanimate; resurge; resuscitate; return to life; revive; rise again; rouse; roused; see the light; sensible; sentient; set astir; set fire to; set on fire; shake up; sharp; sleepless; smart; steam up; stimulate; stir; stir the blood; stir the embers; stir the feelings; stir up; stirred up; summon up; turn on; unblinking; understand; unnodding; unsleeping; unwinking; up; up and about; vigilant; wake; wake up; wakeful; waken; warm; warm the blood; watchful; whip up; wide awake; wide-awake; work into; work up

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈweɪk/

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  Rhymes: -eɪk

Synonyms

• (to gain consciousness): awaken, wake up,
• (conscious): conscious, lucid, wide awake

Antonyms

• (conscious): asleep, unconscious
• (to gain consciousness): fall asleep

Translations

Adjective

conscious

Arabic: مستيقظ (ar) (mustayqiZ), ساهد (ar) (saahid), يقظ (ar) (yaqiZ), متنبه (ar) (mutanabbih) Armenian: զարթուն (hy) (zart’un), արթուն (hy) (art’un) Bosnian: budan (bs) m. Breton: dihun Bulgarian: буден (bg) Catalan: despert, llevat Chamicuro: ikakwi'ti Chinese: Mandarin: 醒着 (cmn) (xǐngzhe), 醒覺 (cmn), 醒觉 (cmn) (xǐngjué), 清醒 (cmn) (qīngxǐng) Danish: vågen (da) Dutch: wakker (nl), ontwaakt (nl) Esperanto: maldorma (eo) Finnish: hereillä, valveilla French: éveillé (fr) German: wach (de) Greek: ξύπνιος (el) (ksýpnios) m., αφυπνισμένος (el) (afypnisménos) m. Hebrew: ער (he) (er) Indonesian: bangun, terjaga, tidak tidur

Irish: i do dhúiseacht (ga) f. Italian: veglia, essere sveglio Japanese: 目が覚めて (ja) (me-ga samete) Kurdish: به‌خه‌به‌ر (ku) (bexeber) Luxembourgish: waakreg (lb) Polish: czujny, przebudzony Portuguese: desperto (pt), acordado (pt) Russian: бодрствующий (ru) (bódrstvujuščij), проснувшийся (ru) (prosnúvšijsja) Scottish Gaelic: dùisgte Serbian: Cyrillic: будан m. Roman: budan m. Slovak: zobudiť sa Slovene: buden m., budna f., budno n. Spanish: despierto (es) Swedish: vaken (sv) Telugu: మేలుకునియుండు Turkish: uyanık (tr) Vietnamese: thức (vi), thức dậy (vi)

Alert, aware

Spanish: listo (es) m.

Verb

to gain consciousness

Arabic: صحى (ar) (SaHaa), استيقظ (ar) (istayaqaDHa) Armenian: զարթնել (hy) (zart’nel), արթնանալ (hy) (art’nanal) Bengali: জাগা (bn) (jaga) Breton: dihuniñ Bulgarian: събуждам се (bg) Catalan: llevar-se Chinese: Mandarin: 醒 (cmn) (xǐng), 醒來 (cmn), 醒来 (cmn) (xǐnglái) Czech: vzbudit se (cs), probudit se (cs) Danish: vågne (da) Dutch: ontwaken (nl) Finnish: herätä (fi), havahtua (fi) French: se réveiller (fr) German: aufwachen (de), erwachen (de) Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (ksypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo) Hebrew: התעורר (he) (hit'orér) Hindi: जागना (hi) (jāgnā) Indonesian: bangun (id), terjaga (id) Irish: dúisigh (ga) Italian: svegliarsi (it)

Japanese: 目覚める (ja) (めざめる, mezameru), 目を覚ます (ja) (めをさます, me-o samasu), 起きる (ja) (おきる, okiru) Korean: 일어나 (ko) (ireona) Latin: excito (la) Luxembourgish: erwächen (lb) Persian: بیدار شدن (fa) (bidâr šodan) Polish: obudzić się (pl) Portuguese: acordar (pt), despertar (pt) Romanian: deştepta (ro), scula (ro), trezi (ro) Russian: просыпаться (ru) (prosypát’sja) impf., проснуться (ru) (prosnút’sja) pf., пробуждаться (ru) (probuždát’sja) impf., пробудиться (ru) (probudít’sja) pf. Scottish Gaelic: dùisg Sicilian: ruspigghiari Slovene: zbuditi se (sl) Spanish: despertarse (es) Swedish: vakna (sv) Ukrainian: просипатися (uk) (prosypátysja) Urdu: جگنا (ur) (jagnā) Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi), dậy lên (vi), dậy (vi), thức (vi)

to cause someone to stop sleeping

Arabic: أيقظ (ar) ('ayqaZa) Armenian: զարթնեցնել (hy) (zart’nec’nel), արթնացնել (hy) (art’nac’nel) Breton: dihuniñ Bulgarian: будя (bg), събуждам (bg) Catalan: despertar Chinese: Mandarin: 喚醒 (cmn), 唤醒 (cmn) (huànxǐng), 叫醒 (cmn) (jiàoxǐng) Czech: vzbudit (cs) Danish: vække (da) Dutch: wekken (nl) Finnish: herättää (fi) French: réveiller (fr) German: aufwecken (de) Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (ksypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo) Hebrew: עורר (he) (orér), העיר (he) (he'ír)

Hindi: जगाना (hi) (jagānā) Indonesian: membangunkan (id) Irish: dúisigh (ga) Italian: svegliare (it) Japanese: 起こす (ja) (おこす, okosu), 目ざめさせる (ja) (めざめさせる, mezame-saseru) Latin: excito (la) Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt) Russian: будить (ru) (budít’) impf., разбудить (ru) (razbudít’) pf. Scottish Gaelic: dùisg Sicilian: ruspigghiari Slovene: zbuditi (sl) Spanish: despertar (es) Swedish: väcka (sv) Turkish: uyandırmak (tr) Vietnamese: thức dậy, dậy lên, dậy

to excite something latent

Armenian: արթնացնել (hy) (art’nac’nel) Danish: vække (da) German: erwecken (de) Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (ksypnó) Latin: excito (la) Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt)

Russian: пробуждать (ru) (probuždát'), будить (ru) (budít’), вызывать (ru) (vyzyvát’), возбуждать (ru) (vozbuždát') Scottish Gaelic: dùisg Slovene: zbuditi, vzbuditi Swedish: väcka (sv) Vietnamese: gợi, gây lên

See also

• awake to
• awaken
• wake
• wake up