AWAKE
What does "AWAKE" mean?
Not asleep; conscious and alert, or aware of something.
Meanings
- Not sleeping; in a conscious, alert state. I lay awake half the night listening to the storm.
- Conscious of or alert to something (often with 'to'). She was finally awake to the risks of staying. figurative
- To wake from sleep, or to rouse someone from it. He awoke to the smell of coffee.
Did you know?
- 'Awake' is grammatically restless: it carries the rival past tenses 'awoke', 'awaked', and 'awakened', a fossil of English merging its old 'strong' and 'weak' verb systems.
Word origin
From Old English 'awacan' / 'awacian' ('to awake, arise'), built on the prefix 'a-' plus 'wacan' ('to wake'); related to 'watch' and 'wake'.
Remember it
AWAKE = A + WAKE. To be awake is to be in 'a wake' from sleep.
A little poem
The dark room sharpens into known shapes-
the chair, the door, the waiting day.
To wake is to be handed the world again.
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Wordplay
- Why did the insomniac refuse to gamble at night? Every bet was a stay-awake.
What it teaches
Being awake is not the same as being aware; one is given, the other is chosen.
Quick facts
What does AWAKE mean?
Not asleep; conscious and alert, or aware of something.
Is AWAKE a valid word?
Yes — AWAKE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AWAKE?
AWAKE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AWAKE come from?
From Old English 'awacan' / 'awacian' ('to awake, arise'), built on the prefix 'a-' plus 'wacan' ('to wake'); related to 'watch' and 'wake'.
What can AWAKE teach us?
Being awake is not the same as being aware; one is given, the other is chosen.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.