to awake

Examples

• All

• The loud noise from the street finally awoke him from his deep sleep.

• Hey, soldier boy, you awake?

  The Jacket (2005)

• My job is to keep you awake once you're here, OK.

• That's when I usually awake and look to see where I am.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I did awaken you.

  Starman (1984)

• Appalled by our own poverty, we awake in wonder to a splendor of which we'd never dreamed.

  Academic text (1994)

• She tried to awake her brother so they could leave for school on time.

• I always awake feeling refreshed after a good night's rest.

Synonyms

W

to wake

vsto awake

∞ 1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

is the basic term without extra formality or idiom

W

to wake up

vsto awake

∞ 1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

is a simple non-phrasal verb, more neutral and less casual

A

to awaken

vsto awake

73 1.8

To stop sleeping or make someone else wake up

is the neutral everyday expression rather than a formal tone

R

to rouse

vsto awake

28 3.4

To wake someone up and make them alert after sleep

means only to stop sleeping without stressing activity or alertness

W

to waken

vsto awake

5 3.0

To stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping

is the common modern term rather than an archaic or rare form

Idioms

A

to awake to the reality

7.2

Notice the true situation after ignoring or misunderstanding it

Phrasal Verbs

L

to lie awake

22 3.7

To stay in bed and not be able to sleep

Compounds

W

wide awake

26 2.7

Completely alert and not at all sleepy

W

wide-awake

1 2.5

Not feeling sleepy and able to think clearly

How Awake

to rouse

28 3.4

to awake

107 1.0

to awaken

73 1.8

to stir

75 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology