awake - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle of Middle English awaken (“to awaken”). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).
awake (not comparable) (predicative only)
- Not asleep; conscious.
- Synonyms: conscious, lucid, wide awake; see also Thesaurus:awake
- Antonyms: asleep, unconscious; see also Thesaurus:asleep
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 86:
By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben.
- (figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.
- Synonyms: wary, woke; see also Thesaurus:vigilant
- Antonyms: heedless, oblivious
They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.
1845, The Sportsman's Magazine of Life in London and the Country, page 355:
The Baker was a two-handed hitter, and seemed perfectly awake to the business before him.
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
‘Sammy,’ whispered Mr. Weller, looking cautiously round; ‘ […] Me and a cab’net-maker has dewised a plan for gettin’ him out. A pianner, Samivel—a pianner!’ […]
‘And wot ‘ud be the good o’ that?’ said Sam.
‘Let him send to my friend, the cabinet-maker, to fetch it back, Sammy,’ replied Mr. Weller. ‘Are you avake, now?’
‘No,’ rejoined Sam.
‘There ain’t no vurks in it,’ whispered his father. ‘It ‘ull hold him easy, vith his hat and shoes on, and breathe through the legs, vich his holler. […]
1965 June, Martin Luther King, Jr., Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution[1]:
And so we see in our own world a revolution of rising expectations. The great challenge facing every individual graduating today is to remain awake through this social revolution.
conscious
- Albanian: zgjuar (sq)
- Arabic: يَقِظ (yaqiẓ)
- Armenian: զարթուն (hy) (zartʻun), արթուն (hy) (artʻun)
- Asturian: epiertu, despiertu
- Belarusian: ня спя́чы (nja spjáčy)
- Bhojpuri: जगाल (jagāl)
- Bikol Central: mata (bcl)
- Breton: dihun (br)
- Bulgarian: буден (bg) (buden)
- Catalan: despert (ca), llevat (ca)
- Chamicuro: ikakwi'ti
- Chinese:
- Czech: vzhůru (cs), probuzený, bdící
- Danish: vågen (da)
- Dutch: wakker (nl), ontwaakt (nl)
- Esperanto: maldorma, veka
- Faroese: vakin
- Finnish: hereillä oleva (fi), valveilla oleva (fi)
- French: éveillé (fr), réveillé (fr)
- Galician: esperto (gl)
- Georgian: მღვიძარე (mɣviʒare), გამოღვიძებული (gamoɣviʒebuli), ფხიზელი (pxizeli)
- German: wach (de)
- Greek: ξύπνιος (el) (xýpnios), αφυπνισμένος (el) (afypnisménos)
- Hebrew: ער (he) (er)
- Hungarian: éber (hu)
- Icelandic: vakandi
- Ido: vekanta, vigilanta (io), vigilema (io)
- Indonesian: bangun (id), terjaga (id), tidak tidur
- Irish: i do dhúiseacht
- Italian: sveglio (it), desto (it)
- Japanese: 目が覚めた (me ga sameta), 目ざめた (めざめた, mezameta)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بەخەبەر (bexeber)
- Kyrgyz: ойготуу (ky) (oygotuu), сезимин козгоо (sezimin kozgoo), ойгонуу (ky) (oygonuu), козголуу (ky) (kozgoluu), жандануу (ky) (jandanuu), баамдоо (ky) (baamdoo), түшүнүү (ky) (tüşünüü), ойгоо (ky) (oygoo), уктабаган (ky) (uktabagan), уйкусуз (ky) (uykusuz), түшүнүүчү (ky) (tüşünüücü), сак (ky) (sak), абайлагыч (ky) (abaylagıc), этият (ky) (etiyat), этияттуу (ky) (etiyattuu), акырын (ky) (akırın)
- Latin: vigil (la)
- Luxembourgish: waakreg
- Macedonian: буден (buden)
- Maori: oho
- Marathi: जागा (mr) m (jāgā), जागे n (jāge), जागी f (jāgī)
- Ngazidja Comorian: hashiri
- Norman: rêvilyi (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Old English: use the verb wacian, waciende
- Ottoman Turkish: سهران (sehran)
- Persian: بیدار (fa) (bidâr)
- Polish: czujny (pl), przebudzony
- Portuguese: desperto (pt), acordado (pt)
- Romanian: treaz (ro)
- Russian: бо́дрствующий (ru) (bódrstvujuščij), просну́вшийся (ru) (prosnúvšijsja), не спя́щий (ne spjáščij)
- Scottish Gaelic: dùisgte
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: zobudiť sa
- Slovene: buden
- Spanish: despierto (es), desvelado (es)
- Swedish: vaken (sv)
- Sylheti: ꠢꠎꠣꠉ (hozag)
- Tagalog: gising (tl)
- Telugu: మేలుకునియుండు (mēlukuniyuṇḍu)
- Turkish: uyanık (tr)
- Ukrainian: не спля́чий (ne spljáčyj)
- Urdu: بیدار (bedār)
- Vietnamese: thức (vi), thức dậy (vi)
- Walloon: dispierter (wa)
alert, aware
- Arabic: يَقِظ (yaqiẓ), مُتَنَبِّه (mutanabbih)
- Finnish: hereillä oleva, tietoinen (fi)
- Hungarian: éber (hu)
- Italian: consapevole (it) m or f, conscio (it), cosciente (it)
- Latin: vigil (la)
- Marathi: जागृत (jāgrut)
- Ottoman Turkish: سهران (sehran)
- Spanish: listo (es), despierto (es)
- Swedish: vaken (sv)
From Middle English awaken and awakien, from Old English āwacan and āwacian. By surface analysis, a- + wake.
awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past awoke or (rare) awaked, past participle awoken or (rare) awaked or (rare) awoke or (rare) awaken)
- (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
- Synonyms: awaken, wake up; see also Thesaurus:wake
- Antonyms: fall asleep; see also Thesaurus:fall asleep
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
- Synonyms: bring round, cry, wake up; see also Thesaurus:awaken
- Antonym: put to sleep
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
Thenne she called the heremyte syre Vlfyn I am a gentylwoman that wold speke with the knyght whiche is with yow / Thenne the good man awaked Galahad / & badde hym aryse and speke with a gentylwoman that semeth hath grete nede of yow / Thenne Galahad wente to her & asked her what she wold
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1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
[This ant] I ſuffered to lye above an hour in the Spirit; and after I had taken it out, and put its body and legs into a natural poſture, remained moveleſs about an hour; but then , upon a ſudden, as if it had been awaken out of a drunken ſleep, it ſuddenly reviv'd and ran away...
- (transitive) To make aware of something.
- (transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
- (transitive, figurative) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.
- 1867-1879, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England
- The national spirit again awoke.
- 1867-1879, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England
For many speakers, this verb is commonly conflated with awaken (and, in such cases, lends some conjugational elements to it). See the usage notes at awaken for more details.
to gain consciousness
- Albanian: zgjohem (sq)
- Arabic: صَحَى (ṣaḥā), اِسْتَيَقَظَ (ar) (istayaqaẓa)
- Armenian: զարթնել (hy) (zartʻnel), արթնանալ (hy) (artʻnanal)
- Assamese: সাৰ পোৱা (xar püa)
- Asturian: espertar, despertar
- Bengali: জাগা (bn) (jaga)
- Breton: dihuniñ (br)
- Bulgarian: събуждам се (sǎbuždam se)
- Catalan: llevar-se (ca)
- Chinese:
- Czech: vzbudit se, probudit se
- Danish: vågne (da)
- Dutch: ontwaken (nl)
- Egyptian: nhzj
- Esperanto: vekiĝi
- Estonian: ärkama
- Finnish: herätä (fi), havahtua (fi)
- French: se réveiller (fr)
- Galician: espertar (gl), acordar (gl), recordar (gl)
- Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba), გამოღვიძება (gamoɣviʒeba)
- German: aufwachen (de), erwachen (de)
- Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (xypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo)
- Hebrew: התעורר (he) (hit'orér), נֵעוֹר (he) (ne'ór)
- Hindi: जागना (hi) (jāgnā)
- Hungarian: felébred (hu)
- Ido: vekar (io)
- Indonesian: bangun (id), terjaga (id)
- Irish: dúisigh
- Italian: svegliarsi (it)
- Japanese: 目覚める (ja) (めざめる, mezameru), 目を覚ます (めをさます, me o samasu), 起きる (ja) (おきる, okiru)
- Korean: 일어나다 (ko) (ireonada)
- Latin: excito
- Luxembourgish: erwächen
- Malayalam: ഉണരുക (ml) (uṇaruka), എഴുന്നേൽക്കുക (ml) (eḻunnēlkkuka) (colloquial)
- Maori: whiti, whitirere (suddenly), oho
- Marathi: जागे होणे (jāge hoṇe)
- Norwegian:
- Persian: بیدار شدن (fa) (bidâr šodan)
- Polish: obudzić się (pl)
- Portuguese: acordar (pt), despertar (pt)
- Romanian: deștepta (ro), scula (ro), trezi (ro)
- Russian: просыпа́ться (ru) impf (prosypátʹsja), просну́ться (ru) pf (prosnútʹsja), пробужда́ться (ru) impf (probuždátʹsja), пробуди́ться (ru) pf (probudítʹsja)
- Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
- Sicilian: ruspigghiari
- Slovene: zbuditi se (sl)
- Spanish: despertarse (es)
- Swedish: vakna (sv)
- Ukrainian: просипа́тися (prosypátysja)
- Urdu: جگنا (jagnā)
- Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi), dậy lên, dậy (vi), thức (vi)
to cause someone to stop sleeping
- Albanian: zgjoj (sq) , çoi (sq)(gheg)
- Arabic: أَيْقَظَ (ʔayqaẓa)
- Armenian: զարթնեցնել (hy) (zartʻnecʻnel), արթնացնել (artʻnacʻnel)
- Assamese: জগোৱা (zogüa)
- Asturian: espertar, despertar
- Breton: dihuniñ (br)
- Bulgarian: будя (bg) (budja), събуждам (bg) (sǎbuždam)
- Catalan: despertar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Czech: vzbudit (cs)
- Dalmatian: destruar
- Danish: vække (da)
- Dutch: wekken (nl)
- Esperanto: veki
- Estonian: äratama
- Finnish: herättää (fi)
- French: réveiller (fr), éveiller (fr)
- Galician: espertar (gl), acordar (gl)
- Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba)
- German: aufwecken (de)
- Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (xypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo)
- Hebrew: עורר (he) (orér), העיר (he) (he'ír)
- Hindi: जगाना (hi) (jagānā)
- Hungarian: felébreszt (hu)
- Ido: vekigar (io)
- Indonesian: membangunkan (id)
- Irish: dúisigh
- Italian: svegliare (it)
- Japanese: 起こす (ja) (おこす, okosu), 目ざめさせる (めざめさせる, mezame-saseru)
- Latin: excito
- Malayalam: ഉണർത്തുക (ml) (uṇaṟttuka)
- Maori: whakaoho
- Marathi: जागवणे (jāgavṇe)
- Ottoman Turkish: ایقاظ ایتمك (ikâz etmek)
- Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt)
- Russian: буди́ть (ru) impf (budítʹ), разбуди́ть (ru) pf (razbudítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
- Sicilian: ruspigghiari
- Slovene: zbuditi (sl)
- Spanish: despertar (es)
- Swedish: väcka (sv)
- Turkish: uyandırmak (tr)
- Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi), dậy lên, dậy (vi)
to excite something latent
- Armenian: արթնացնել (artʻnacʻnel)
- Danish: vække (da)
- Finnish: herättää (fi), havahduttaa (fi), piristää (fi)
- Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba)
- German: erwecken (de)
- Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (xypnó)
- Hungarian: felkelt (hu)
- Latin: excito
- Malayalam: ഉണർത്തുക (ml) (uṇaṟttuka)
- Maori: whakaara, whakaaraara, whakaoho, whakaohooho
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt)
- Russian: пробужда́ть (ru) (probuždátʹ), буди́ть (ru) (budítʹ), вызыва́ть (ru) (vyzyvátʹ), возбужда́ть (ru) (vozbuždátʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
- Slovene: zbuditi (sl), vzbuditi
- Swedish: väcka (sv)
- Vietnamese: gợi (vi), gây lên
- “awake”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “awake”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "awake" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “awake”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “awake”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.