awake
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2.0
- adjective
- /əˈweɪk/
:
consciente
- I was fully awake and sitting up by then, comforter pulled around me like bulletproofing.
- wide-awake
- awake and aware
We're training you to be peaceful and awake and avoid fights.
- We're training you to be peaceful and awake and avoid fights.
- He's not awake or aware of any of this.
- If we are awake, this question may haunt us.
- Surely the, you know, the people are awake now and they're conscious to what's going on.
- We're we want to, we, we want to wake the, the side up that's not awake yet.
- I'm like really awake to so much but completely detached from yes.
- So but a lot of those generation people though regards some of them still not awake because you don't know the truth.
- And when you imagine this scene and then you get to experience it, you're awake to it.
- I mean, this goes to why it's important to dive into this like darker, kind of murky, shitty stuff, right as as awake human beings.
Examples
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Ella's mother turned toward her and smiled, more awake, more like her real self than earlier.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm wide awake, wide awake to this world I made.
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You really should try to stay awake to catch some of this.
Fiction book (2002) -
"I play every term, for those who are still awake," said Robin.
Fiction book (1991) -
We're training you to be peaceful and awake and avoid fights.
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"I know I'm awake, but I feel like I'm in a dream."
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Instantly fully awake, I was aware that a new dimension had entered my thinking.
Academic text (1993) -
So far, it's worked brilliantly: my students are awake, engaged, and coming up with fantastic work.
Blog text (25) -
To be conscious means that we are awake to and mindful of ourselves and our surroundings.
Academic text (2016) -
He was fully awake during the meeting and contributed insightful ideas.
Synonyms
126
2.4
Aware of and responsive to things around you
82
2.8
Quick to notice and respond to what is happening
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5.3
Being alert and watching for danger
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Etymology
Awake meaning 'aware' comes from the same root as wake and the idea of being alert after sleep. A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone who wakes up and suddenly notices things, so to be awake to a problem is to pay attention and see it.