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to start to understand or feel something or to make someone start to understand or feel something: The chance meeting awoke the old passion between them. Young people need to awake to the risks involved in casual sex. Synonyms.
1. : to cease sleeping : to wake up. She awoke late that morning. The next day we awoke to the sound of drums. Sarah Ferrell. 2. : to become aroused or active again. when the volcano awoke. 3. : to become conscious or aware of something. awoke to the possibilities.
When you're awake, you're conscious and aware of your surroundings. When you're not awake, you're asleep. If you are reading this, you are indeed awake. Most people are awake during the day and asleep at night, but if you work the night shift or suffer from insomnia, you might also be awake at night.
Awake definition: to wake up; rouse from sleep. See examples of AWAKE used in a sentence.
6 meanings: Also: awaken 1. to emerge or rouse from sleep; wake 2. to become or cause to become alert 3. to become or make.... Click for more definitions.
1. to emerge or rouse from sleep; wake. 2. to become or cause to become alert. 3. ( usually foll by to) to become or make aware (of): to awake to reality. 4. ( tr) to arouse (feelings, etc) or cause to remember (memories, etc) adj ( postpositive)
[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.
AWAKE definition: 1. to not be sleeping: 2. to be completely awake 3. to wake up, or make someone wake up. Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English a‧wake1 /əˈweɪk/ S2 adjective [ not before noun] 1 not sleeping I hope he’s awake now. She was still only half awake when I brought her a cup of coffee. How do you stay awake during boring lectures? Emma lay awake half the night, worrying. The noise brought him wide awake (=completely awake).
to rouse to action; become active: His flagging interest awoke. to come or bring to an awareness; become cognizant (often fol. by to): She awoke to the realities of life. adj. waking; not sleeping. vigilant; alert: They were awake to the danger. bef. 1000; Middle English awaken, Old English awacen, past participle of awæcnan; see a1, waken.
