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Wake I Woke Woken Weɪk Past Time Verb

Word wake
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / weɪk / NAmE / weɪk /
Example
  • what time do you usually wake up in the morning?
  • i always wake early in the summer.
  • wake up! it's eight o'clock.
  • they woke to a clear blue sky.
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wake

(verb)BrE / weɪk / NAmE / weɪk /
  1. to stop sleeping; to make somebody stop sleeping
    • see also asleep
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/asleep
    • What time do you usually wake up in the morning?
    • I always wake early in the summer.
    • Wake up! It's eight o'clock.
    • They woke to a clear blue sky.
    • She had just woken from a deep sleep.
    • He woke up to find himself alone in the house.
    • Try not to wake the baby up.
    • I was woken by the sound of someone moving around.
    • What time do you usually wake up?
    • The children woke me up.
    • I was woken (up) by the telephone.
    • She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.
    • The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss.
    • I was awake half the night worrying.
    • Is the baby awake yet?
  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
  4. 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.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they wake
    • he / she / it wakes
    • past simple woke
    • past participle woken
    • -ing form waking

    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.
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