awake
Pronunciation
[change]Adjective
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Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- (not before a noun) If you are awake, you are not asleep.
- Antonyms: asleep, sleeping, out and unconcious
- It was 1:00 AM and Gerard was still awake.
Related words
[change]Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Man_waking_up%2C_daughter_and_son_at_sides_of_bed%2C_December_25%2C_1908_%28NBY_1366%29.jpg/220px-Man_waking_up%2C_daughter_and_son_at_sides_of_bed%2C_December_25%2C_1908_%28NBY_1366%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Waking_up_a_sleeping_schoolchild_in_a_train.jpg/220px-Waking_up_a_sleeping_schoolchild_in_a_train.jpg)
Note: "Awaked" is another past and past participle of this verb.
- (transitive & intransitive) If someone awakes, they stop sleeping.
- Antonyms: go to sleep, fall asleep and not wake
- She awoke with the dawn.
- (transitive & intransitive) If something awakes a feeling, it makes it happen.
- He awoke their resentment.