asleep
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1.0
- adjective
- /əˈsliːp/
:
dormido
- She loves to read until she drifts off and is asleep by 10 PM.
- fall asleep
- difficulty falling asleep
- still asleep
And that is a child that's asleep or nearly asleep.
- And that is a child that's asleep or nearly asleep.
- Firstly, my cat is asleep on my pyjamas.
- The woke generation is asleep and they're not getting up.
- I like if I'm asleep, I'm not waking up.
- And I said they were asleep when this happened.
- I can fall asleep very easy, but being asleep for me is not easy.
- When I woke up the next morning, I was asleep on Kaya's bed, shirtless.
- All you must do is stay asleep a few more years.
- They want to be asleep at night, but they're awake.
Examples
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We'd all told the police the same thing: we were asleep and had not heard a sound.
Fiction book (1990) -
You were asleep when I left.
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These two have been asleep for like two hours.
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And I said they were asleep when this happened.
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All you must do is stay asleep a few more years.
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Oh, is everyone else asleep?
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I would rub my mother's back until she fell asleep, or until I fell asleep.
Academic text (1993) -
And that is a child that's asleep or nearly asleep.
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You can watch over him while he's asleep.
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The only other passenger is an old man lying asleep on the fiberglass bench.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
27
6.9
Unconscious or sleeping very deeply
19
2.5
Resting very deeply and not easy to wake
19
3.2
Resting very deeply and not waking easily
2
3.5
Completely not awake and hard to wake
Still asleep and not awake
Antonyms
Idioms
- Formal
To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death
How Asleep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word asleep is made of the small word a- meaning 'in' and sleep. So asleep means 'in sleep', which is why we use it for someone who is not awake.