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Awake əˈweɪk I Wide Noise Adjective Bre Half/Fully
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BrE / əˈweɪk / NAmE / əˈweɪk / |
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- to be half/fully awake
- to be wide awake (= fully awake)
- i was still awake when he came to bed.
- the noise was keeping everyone awake.
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awake(adjective)BrE / əˈweɪk / NAmE / əˈweɪk / - not asleep (especially immediately before or after sleeping)
- to be half/fully awake
- to be wide awake (= fully awake)
- I was still awake when he came to bed.
- The noise was keeping everyone awake.
- I was finding it hard to stay awake.
- He lies awake at night worrying about his job.
- She was awake (= not unconscious) during the operation on her leg.
Extra Examples- At night he lay awake beside her.
- By now, the baby was wide awake.
- Claudia came awake slowly.
- He was struggling to stay awake.
- It was very early and I was only half awake.
- Stephen jerked awake from a nightmare.
- The children were still awake when we went out.
- The noise had kept her awake.
Word Origin- Old English āwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (from a- ‘to, towards’ and wake).
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