awake
adjective/əˈweɪk/
/əˈweɪk/
[not before noun]- 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- It was very early and I was only half awake.
- Stephen jerked awake from a nightmare.
- Claudia came awake slowly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- lie
- come
- …
- fully
- wide
- barely
- …
More Like This Adjectives that do not come before a nounAdjectives that do not come before a nounWord OriginOld English āwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (from a- ‘to, towards’ and wake).Want to learn more?
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