awake

English

Etymology

From Middle English awaken, from Old English awacan, from a- (intensive prefix) + wacan (wake).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈweɪk/

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  Rhymes: -eɪk

Adjective

awake (comparative more awake, superlative most awake) (predicative only)

1. Not asleep; conscious.
2. (by extension) Alert, aware.

Synonyms

• (conscious): conscious, lucid, wide awake

Antonyms

• (conscious): asleep, unconscious

Translations

conscious

Arabic: مستيقظ (ar) (mustayqiZ), ساهد (ar) (saahid), يقظ (ar) (yaqiZ), متنبه (ar) (mutanabbih) Armenian: զարթուն (hy) (zart’un), արթուն (hy) (art’un) Bosnian: budan (bs) m. Breton: dihun Bulgarian: буден (bg) Catalan: despert (ca), llevat (ca) Chamicuro: ikakwi'ti Chinese: Mandarin: 醒着 (cmn) (xǐngzhe), 醒覺 (cmn), 醒觉 (cmn) (xǐngjué), 清醒 (cmn) (qīngxǐng) Danish: vågen (da) Dutch: wakker (nl), ontwaakt (nl) Esperanto: maldorma (eo), veka (eo) Finnish: hereilläoleva (fi), valveillaoleva (fi) French: éveillé (fr) German: wach (de) Greek: ξύπνιος (el) (ksýpnios) m., αφυπνισμένος (el) (afypnisménos) m. Hebrew: ער (he) (er) Indonesian: bangun, terjaga, tidak tidur Irish: i do dhúiseacht (ga) f.

Italian: veglia, essere sveglio Japanese: 目が覚めて (ja) (me-ga samete) Kurdish: به‌خه‌به‌ر (ku) (bexeber) Luxembourgish: waakreg (lb) Norwegian: Bokmål: våken (no) Nynorsk: vaken (nn) Polish: czujny, przebudzony Portuguese: desperto (pt), acordado (pt) Russian: бодрствующий (ru) (bódrstvujuščij), проснувшийся (ru) (prosnúvšijsja) Scottish Gaelic: dùisgte Serbian: Cyrillic: будан m. Roman: budan m. Slovak: zobudiť sa Slovene: buden m., budna f., budno n. Spanish: despierto (es) Swedish: vaken (sv) Telugu: మేలుకునియుండు Turkish: uyanık (tr) Vietnamese: thức (vi), thức dậy (vi)

Alert, aware

Spanish: listo (es)

Verb

awake (third-person singular simple present awakes, present participle awaking, simple past awoke or awaked, past participle awoken or awaked)

1. (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
2. (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVI:

     Than the good man awaked Sir Galahad and bade him aryse [...].

3. (transitive) to excite or to stir up something latent.

Synonyms

• (to gain consciousness): awaken, wake up,

Antonyms

• (to gain consciousness): fall asleep

Translations

to gain consciousness

Arabic: صحى (ar) (SaHaa), استيقظ (ar) (istayaqaDHa) Armenian: զարթնել (hy) (zart’nel), արթնանալ (hy) (art’nanal) Bengali: জাগা (bn) (jaga) Breton: dihuniñ Bulgarian: събуждам се (bg) Catalan: llevar-se (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 醒 (cmn) (xǐng), 醒來 (cmn), 醒来 (cmn) (xǐnglái) Czech: vzbudit se (cs), probudit se (cs) Danish: vågne (da) Dutch: ontwaken (nl) Finnish: herätä (fi), havahtua (fi) French: se réveiller (fr) German: aufwachen (de), erwachen (de) Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (ksypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo) Hebrew: התעורר (he) (hit'orér) Hindi: जागना (hi) (jāgnā) Indonesian: bangun (id), terjaga (id) Irish: dúisigh (ga) Italian: svegliarsi (it)

Japanese: 目覚める (ja) (めざめる, mezameru), 目を覚ます (ja) (めをさます, me-o samasu), 起きる (ja) (おきる, okiru) Korean: 일어나 (ko) (ireona) Latin: excito (la) Luxembourgish: erwächen (lb) Persian: بیدار شدن (fa) (bidâr šodan) Polish: obudzić się (pl) Portuguese: acordar (pt), despertar (pt) Romanian: deștepta (ro), scula (ro), trezi (ro) Russian: просыпаться (ru) (prosypát’sja) impf., проснуться (ru) (prosnút’sja) pf., пробуждаться (ru) (probuždát’sja) impf., пробудиться (ru) (probudít’sja) pf. Scottish Gaelic: dùisg Sicilian: ruspigghiari Slovene: zbuditi se (sl) Spanish: despertarse (es) Swedish: vakna (sv) Ukrainian: просипатися (uk) (prosypátysja) Urdu: جگنا (ur) (jagnā) Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi), dậy lên (vi), dậy (vi), thức (vi)

to cause someone to stop sleeping

Arabic: أيقظ (ar) ('ayqaZa) Armenian: զարթնեցնել (hy) (zart’nec’nel), արթնացնել (hy) (art’nac’nel) Breton: dihuniñ (br) Bulgarian: будя (bg), събуждам (bg) Catalan: despertar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 喚醒 (cmn), 唤醒 (cmn) (huànxǐng), 叫醒 (cmn) (jiàoxǐng) Czech: vzbudit (cs) Danish: vække (da) Dutch: wekken (nl) Finnish: herättää (fi) French: réveiller (fr) German: aufwecken (de) Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (ksypnó), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo) Hebrew: עורר (he) (orér), העיר (he) (he'ír)

Hindi: जगाना (hi) (jagānā) Indonesian: membangunkan (id) Irish: dúisigh (ga) Italian: svegliare (it) Japanese: 起こす (ja) (おこす, okosu), 目ざめさせる (ja) (めざめさせる, mezame-saseru) Latin: excito (la) Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt) Russian: будить (ru) (budít’) impf., разбудить (ru) (razbudít’) pf. Scottish Gaelic: dùisg Sicilian: ruspigghiari Slovene: zbuditi (sl) Spanish: despertar (es) Swedish: väcka (sv) Turkish: uyandırmak (tr) Vietnamese: thức dậy, dậy lên, dậy

to excite something latent

Armenian: արթնացնել (hy) (art’nac’nel) Danish: vække (da) German: erwecken (de) Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (ksypnó) Latin: excito (la) Portuguese: despertar (pt), acordar (pt)

Russian: пробуждать (ru) (probuždát'), будить (ru) (budít’), вызывать (ru) (vyzyvát’), возбуждать (ru) (vozbuždát') Scottish Gaelic: dùisg Slovene: zbuditi, vzbuditi Swedish: väcka (sv) Vietnamese: gợi, gây lên

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Telugu: మేలుకొను

See also

• awake to
• awaken
• wake
• wake up

References

• “awake” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “awake” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "awake" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
• awake in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• awake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913