awake

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Synonyms: aware, wake, awoke, awaie, awale, atake, awak, awave

Antonyms: aware, wake, awoke, awaie, awale, atake, awak, awave

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Adjective

1. Not asleep; conscious.
   • We've lain awake a good many nights worrying about her.
2. Alert, aware.
   • They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.

Verb

1. To become conscious after having slept.
2. To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
3. To make aware of something.
4. To excite or to stir up something latent.
5. To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
6. To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
7. Used in a phrasal verb: to awake to (“to become awake of something and its possible effects or results.”).
   • It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation.
8. Used in a phrasal verb: to awake to (“to be roused from one's sleep, due to a noise or other stimulus.”).
   • this morning, I awoke to the sound of my neighbor's barking dog.

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