awake

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb stop sleeping
  2. adjective not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
  3. adjective mentally perceptive and responsive

Etymology

From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle of Middle English awaken (“to awaken”). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).

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Synonyms

wake up, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken

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