Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable, predicative)Not asleep; conscious.

    wach

    бо́дрствующийbódrstvujuščij, просну́вшийсяprosnúvšijsja, не спя́щийne spjáščij

    не спля́чийne spljáčyj

    not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

  2. (broadly, figuratively, predicative)Alert, aware.

    They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.

Examples

1083 sentences
  1. Why are you all still awake?

    Чому ви всі ще й досі не спите? — deniko

    ruВы почему все до сих пор не спите? — marafon

    deWarum seid ihr noch wach? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I knew Tom would be awake.

    Я знав, що Том не спатиме. — deniko

    ruЯ знал, что Том не будет спать. — marafon

  3. I didn't think Tom was awake.

    Не думаю, що Том не спав. — deniko

    ruЯ не думал, что Том не спит. — odexed

  4. I know that Tom is awake.

    Я знаю, що Том не спить. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том не спит. — marafon

  5. Tom isn't likely to be awake.

    Том наврядчи не спить. — miketheknight

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle

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”).

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Forms

more awake, most awake
Comparativemore awake Lesson
Superlativemost awake Lesson

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms

Antonyms

21 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • stay awake
  • awake all night
  • to stay awake
  • be awake when
  • is still awake
  • still awake
  • will be awake
  • wide awake
  • lay awake
  • would be awake
  • be awake now
  • awake all

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
awake — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto