wakefulness
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈweɪkfəl.nəs/
:
vigilia
- Rather than toss, turn, or count sheep, he resolved to put his wakefulness to good use.
- sleep and wakefulness
Another potent lever for adjusting your sleepiness and wakefulness is caffeine.
- Another potent lever for adjusting your sleepiness and wakefulness is caffeine.
- So there are some similarities in terms of brain activity between wakefulness and and REM sleep.
- But the real secret is that neuroplasticity doesn't occur during wakefulness, it occurs during sleep.
- But what if we started off sleeping, and it was from sleep that wakefulness emerged?
- So things are happening during waking that allows wakefulness to be waking.
- And also one theory that I've published on is that also the wakefulness part of the brain.
Examples
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In the times between sleep and wakefulness, half thoughts and half phrases can come and go.
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The phone rings, and Michael, sound asleep for once, shudders into wakefulness.
Fiction book (1997) -
Second sleep: a period of wakefulness in the middle of the night
Blog text (7) -
Perhaps the cold water had shocked him to enough wakefulness that he would let her do the work.
Fiction book (1992) -
Night lights are one result, which in turn causes poor sleep and wakefulness.
Academic text (1996) -
And secondly, how will you sustain that wakefulness across the day?
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During their hours of wakefulness, there were few moments of peace or simple conciliation.
Fiction book (1995) -
Before the night was out, the relentless demands of the child within her would prod her into wakefulness.
Fiction book (1998) -
Another potent lever for adjusting your sleepiness and wakefulness is caffeine.
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After a long night of studying, I finally succumbed to the exhaustion of wakefulness and fell asleep on my desk.
Synonyms
7
4.1
Not being able to sleep for a period of time
3
2.5
The time when you are not asleep
Being awake when you would normally be asleep
Antonyms
How Awake
- Specialized
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9.3
14
2.9
4
4.7
6
1.8
1
3.7
14
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wakefulness comes from the old English verb wake ('to be awake') plus the parts -ful and -ness, so it literally means 'the state of being awake'. That's why wakefulness describes being awake and unable to sleep.