awake
verb/əˈweɪk/
/əˈweɪk/
(formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they awake | /əˈweɪk/ /əˈweɪk/ |
| he / she / it awakes | /əˈweɪks/ /əˈweɪks/ |
| past simple awoke | /əˈwəʊk/ /əˈwəʊk/ |
| past participle awoken | /əˈwəʊkən/ /əˈwəʊkən/ |
| -ing form awaking | /əˈweɪkɪŋ/ /əˈweɪkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to wake up; to make somebody wake up
- awake (somebody) (from/to something) I awoke from a deep sleep.
- The girls awoke to the sound of rain rattling on the windows.
- awake to do something He awoke to find her gone.
- awake somebody Her voice awoke the sleeping child.
Which Word? awake / awaken / wake up / wakenawake / awaken / wake up / waken- Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody has finished sleeping:
- What time do you usually wake up?
- The children woke me up.
- I was woken (up) by the telephone.
- The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke:
- She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.
- The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss.
- Awake is also an adjective:
- I was awake half the night worrying.
- Is the baby awake yet?
Extra Examples- She awoke early the next morning.
- He awoke suddenly in a cold sweat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- late
- abruptly
- …
- from
- [intransitive, transitive] awake (something) if an emotion awakes or something awakes an emotion, you start to feel that emotion
- His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities.
Word OriginOld English āwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (from a- ‘to, towards’ and wake).
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