Wake Woke I Weɪk Woken Earlier Verb Early

• i always wake early in the summer.
• tom woke with a start and lifted his head.
• what time do you usually wake up in the morning?
• i woke up an hour earlier than i wanted to.

wake

Verb Forms

1. to stop sleeping; to make somebody stop sleeping
• SEE ALSO asleep
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• I always wake early in the summer.
• Tom woke with a start and lifted his head.
• What time do you usually wake up in the morning?
• I woke up an hour earlier than I wanted to.
• They woke to a clear blue sky.
• I woke to the sound of heavy rain outside.
• She had just woken from a deep sleep.
• He woke up to find himself alone in the house.
• The woman woke to see the defendant in her bedroom.
• I was woken by the sound of someone moving around.
• Try not to wake the baby up.

Extra Examples

• Any minute now she'd wake up to find herself at home safe in bed.
• Be careful not to wake the children!
• She had just woken up from a deep sleep.
• She had woken even earlier than usual.
2. to make somebody remember something or feel something again
• The incident woke memories of his past sufferings.
3. used to tell somebody to become aware of what is really happening in a situation, especially when this is something unpleasant

Word Origin

• verb Old English (recorded only in the past tense wōc), also partly from the weak verb wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waken and German wachen; compare with watch.