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sleeping

sleeping

3.4
Not working now but using little power and ready to start quickly
  • adjective
  • /ˈsliːpɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : en modo de suspensión
  • The laptop switches to a sleeping mode after a few minutes of inactivity to save battery.

Yeah, when it's when it's like in its sleeping state, Yeah.

Examples

  • To conserve energy, the printer entered a sleeping state until a new task was sent.

  • When the app is not being used, it goes into a sleeping state to reduce power consumption.

  • Yeah, when it's when it's like in its sleeping state, Yeah.

Synonyms

in stasis
vssleeping
12 8.1

Not moving or changing for a time

is focused on managed low power standby designed to resume full operation quickly
inactive
vssleeping
11 2.5

Not being used or working now

is specifically a low power standby state able to resume quickly
at rest
vssleeping
7 2.4

Someone or something that is quiet and still and not moving

is a technical low power state meant for quick resumption of function
asleep
vssleeping
  • Specialized
2 3.4

In a low power state and not fully active

is temporarily inactive but able to resume full operation quickly
deep sleep
vssleeping
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A low power state when a device turns off most parts but can wake quickly

is a standby state that remains ready to resume quickly rather than deep shutdown

Antonyms

664 1.0

Operating now and not stopped

Idioms

9 9.1

Having sex with many different people without a steady partner

4 6.9

Avoid talking about old problems to prevent more arguments

Compounds

67 1.0

A warm padded bag to sleep in when camping

45 2.9

A tablet you take to help you fall asleep

Sleeping Beauty
  • Literature
6 3.5

A fairy tale princess who falls into a deep sleep until a prince wakes her with a kiss

3 7.2

A serious brain disease that makes people very weak and keeps some eye muscles from working

sleeping giant
  • Informal
3 6.5

A person or group with large unused power and potential

Sleeping Beauty
  • Literature
2 3.7

A person who sleeps very deeply or a thing that looks very beautiful but is not active

sleeping room
  • Specialized
1 1.0

A room for sleeping

A small pill that helps you sleep

1 3.1

A train car with beds for passengers on overnight journeys

1 8.2

A liquid medicine that makes you sleep

1 9.0

A company not well known that has value and another company might buy

A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train

A woman or girl sleeping peacefully who looks very beautiful

Sleeping in the same bed or room with a child

An arrangement where parents and children sleep in the same bed or room

8.0

A rare brain disorder that causes repeated long sleep periods with confusion and problems with thinking

A small pill that you take to help you sleep

A small plant with hanging, bell-shaped flowers that stay partly closed

A person who gives money to a business but does not help run it

How Active

active
664 1.0
standby
3.7
sleeping
  • Specialized
3.4
off
8 1.0

Surface Forms

sleeping positive

Morphology

sleeping = sleep (transparent) = sleep + ing

Standard participial/adjectival use of 'sleep' + '-ing'; the device meaning is a direct metaphorical extension to a low-power/inactive state.

Etymology

Sleeping here uses the same root sleep, meaning 'to rest', but applied to devices in a modern way. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a computer 'sleeping' like a person: it is inactive to save energy but can wake up quickly.