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Awake əˈweɪk I Wide Noise Adjective Bre Half/Fully

Word awake
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / əˈweɪk / NAmE / əˈweɪk /
Example
  • 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 /
  1. 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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