awake

Universal Words adjective, verb adjective [notbeforenoun] 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. verb (awoke ) (formal) 1 ~ (sb) (from / to sth) to wake up; to make sb wake up: [V] I awoke from a deep sleep. * The girls awoke to the sound of rain rattling on the windows. * [Vtoinf] He awoke to find her gone. * [VN] Her voice awoke the sleeping child. 2 if an emotion awakes or sth awakes an emotion, you start to feel that emotion: [VN] His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities. [also V] PHRASALVERBS awake to sth to become aware of sth and its possible effects or results: It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation. compareWAKE ______________________________ WHICHWORD? awake / 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? or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep: 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. Waken and awaken are much more formal. Awaken is used especially in literature: 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? Waking is not used in this way. Look also at ASLEEP and the verb SLEEP. ______________________________