Meaning & use
awake
Not sleeping; in a state of active consciousness.
See it in a sentence
The baby stayed awake for hours despite everyone's efforts to settle her.
He lay awake all night worrying about the exam results.
A note on using this word
Awake is typically used after a linking verb, as in 'she is awake', rather than directly before a noun.
Words with a similar meaning
consciousalert
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
asleep
Another way to use it
2. verb
To stop sleeping, or to cause someone to stop sleeping.
Loud thunder can awake even the soundest sleeper.
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