English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English awaken Old English awacan a- wacan “ wake ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] awake (comparative more awakesuperlative most awakepredicative only)
Not asleep ; conscious .
( by extension ) Alert , aware .
Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
conscious
Arabic: مستيقظ mustayqiZ ), ساهد saahid ), يقظ yaqiZ ), متنبه mutanabbih )
Armenian: զարթուն zartʿun ), արթուն (hy) (artʿun )
Asturian: epiertu despiertu
Breton: dihun (br)
Bulgarian: буден (bg) (buden )
Catalan: despert (ca) , llevat (ca)
Chamicuro: ikakwi'ti
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醒着 xǐngzhe ), 醒覺 醒觉 (zh) (xǐngjué ), 清醒 (zh) (qīngxǐng )
Czech: vzhůru (cs) , probuzený bdící
Danish: vågen
Dutch: wakker (nl) , ontwaakt (nl)
Esperanto: maldorma veka
Finnish: hereillä oleva valveilla oleva
French: éveillé (fr) , réveillé (fr)
Galician: esperto
German: wach (de)
Greek: ξύπνιος (el) m xýpnios ), αφυπνισμένος (el) m afypnisménos )
Hebrew: ער (he) (er )
Indonesian: bangun (id) , terjaga , tidak tidur
Irish: i do dhúiseacht f
Italian: sveglio desto
Japanese: 目が覚めて me-ga samete )
Jèrriais: rêvilyi
Kurdish:
Sorani: بهخهبهر bexeber )
Kyrgyz: ойготуу (ky) (oygotuu ), сезимин козгоо sezimin kozgoo ), ойгонуу (ky) (oygonuu ), козголуу (ky) (kozgoluu ), жандануу (ky) (candanuu ), баамдоо (ky) (baamdoo ), түшүнүү (ky) (tüşünüü ), ойгоо (ky) (oygoo ), уктабаган (ky) (uktabagan ), уйкусуз (ky) (uykusuz ), түшүнүүчү (ky) (tüşünüüçü ), сак (ky) (sak ), абайлагыч (ky) (abaylagıç ), этият (ky) (etiyat ), этияттуу (ky) (etiyattuu ), акырын (ky) (akırın )
Luxembourgish: waakreg
Norwegian:
Bokmål: våken (no)
Nynorsk: vaken
Persian: بیدار (fa) (bidâr )
Polish: czujny przebudzony
Portuguese: desperto (pt) , acordado (pt)
Romanian: treaz (ro)
Russian: бодрствующий bódrstvujuščij ), проснувшийся prosnúvšijsja )
Scottish Gaelic: dùisgte
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: будан m
Roman: budan m
Slovak: zobudiť sa
Slovene: buden
Spanish: despierto (es)
Swedish: vaken (sv)
Telugu: మేలుకునియుండు mēlukuniyumḍu )
Turkish: uyanık (tr)
Vietnamese: thức (vi) , thức dậy (vi)
awake (third-person singular simple present awakes present participle awaking simple past awoke or ( rare ) awaked past participle awoken awaked or ( rare ) awoke
( intransitive ) To become conscious after having slept .( 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 [...].
( transitive ) to excite or to stir up something latent .( transitive , figuratively ) To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy .( intransitive , figuratively ) To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy .
Freeman
The national spirit again awoke .
Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not.
Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
to gain consciousness
Arabic: صحى SaHaa ), استيقظ istayaqaDHa )
Armenian: զարթնել zartʿnel ), արթնանալ artʿnanal )
Asturian: espertar despertar
Bengali: জাগা jaga )
Breton: dihuniñ (br)
Bulgarian: събуждам се sǎbuždam se )
Catalan: llevar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 醒 (zh) (xǐng ), 醒來 (zh) , 醒来 xǐnglái )
Czech: vzbudit se probudit se
Danish: vågne
Dutch: ontwaken (nl)
Finnish: herätä (fi) , havahtua
French: se réveiller (fr)
Galician: espertar acordar (gl) , recordar (gl)
German: aufwachen (de) , erwachen (de)
Greek: ξυπνώ (el) (xypnó ), αφυπνίζω (el) (afypnízo )
Hebrew: התעורר (he) (hit'orér )
Hindi: जागना jāgnā )
Indonesian: bangun (id) , terjaga (id)
Irish: dúisigh
Italian: svegliarsi (it)
Japanese: 目覚める 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: 일어나 ireona )
Latin: excito
Luxembourgish: erwächen
Persian: بیدار شدن (fa) (bidâr šodan )
Polish: obudzić się (pl)
Portuguese: acordar (pt) , despertar (pt)
Romanian: deștepta (ro) , scula trezi
Russian: просыпаться (ru) impf prosypát’sja ), проснуться (ru) pf prosnút’sja ), пробуждаться (ru) impf probuždát’sja ), пробудиться (ru) pf probudít’sja )
Scottish Gaelic: dùisg
Sicilian: ruspigghiari
Slovene: zbuditi se (sl)
Spanish: despertarse (es)
Swedish: vakna (sv)
Ukrainian: просипатися prosypátysja )
Urdu: جگنا jagnā )
Vietnamese: thức dậy (vi) , dậy lên dậy (vi) , thức (vi)
to cause someone to stop sleeping
to excite something latent
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See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
“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 2.0 , Princeton University, 2003.
awake in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co., New York, 1911awake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
