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Meaning of awake

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awake

Pronunciation:/əˈweɪk/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Not asleep; conscious.

    Synonyms:consciouslucidwide awake
    Antonyms:asleepunconscious
  2. (by extension) Alert, aware.

    Example: They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.

    Synonyms:warywoke
    Antonyms:heedlessoblivious

awake

Pronunciation:/əˈweɪk/

verb

Definitions

  1. To become conscious after having slept.

    Synonyms:awakenwake up
    Antonyms:fall asleep
  2. To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

    Synonyms:bring roundcrywake up
    Antonyms:put to sleep
  3. To excite or to stir up something latent.

  4. To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.