Meaning

8 senses
  1. (intransitive)(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

    I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

    aufwachen, erwachen

    просыпа́тьсяprosypátʹsja, просну́тьсяprosnútʹsja, пробужда́тьсяprobuždátʹsja

    прокида́тисяprokydátysja, пробу́джуватисяprobúdžuvatysja

    stop sleeping

  2. (transitive)(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

    The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.

    aufwecken, wecken

    буди́тьbudítʹ, разбуди́тьrazbudítʹ

    буди́тиbudýty

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

    arouse or excite feelings and passions

  4. (figuratively, intransitive)To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

  5. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

  6. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.

    , Book II, Chapter I I cannot think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.

    be awake, be alert, be there

  7. (obsolete)To be alert; to keep watch

    Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.

    to alert someone to something

  8. (obsolete)To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Examples

2471 sentences
  1. I usually wake up at six.

    Як правило, я прокидаюся о шостій. — deniko

    ruОбычно я просыпаюсь в шесть. — sharptoothed

    deIch wache gewöhnlich um sechs Uhr auf. — Esperantostern

  2. Please wake me up at seven.

    Будь ласка, розбудіть мене о сьомій. — leyla

    ruПожалуйста, разбудите меня в семь. — leyla

    deWeck mich bitte um sieben auf. — MUIRIEL

  3. I woke up early this morning.

    Сьогодні вранці я прокинувся рано. — deniko

    ruЭтим утром я рано проснулся. — Wezel

    deIch bin heute Morgen früh aufgewacht. — Yorwba

  4. When did you wake up today?

    Коли ти сьогодні прокинувся? — deniko

    ruКогда ты сегодня проснулся? — marafon

    deWann bist du heute aufgewacht? — al_ex_an_der

  5. I usually wake up at dawn.

    Я зазвичай прокидаюся на світанку. — deniko

    ruЯ обычно просыпаюсь на рассвете. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to stop sleeping:
to make somebody stop sleeping:
Русский
By meaning 2
to stop sleeping:
to make somebody stop sleeping:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to stop sleeping:
to make somebody stop sleeping:

Origin

A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning:

A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning:

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Forms

wakes, waking, woke, woken
Base formwake · to wake
3rd person singularwakes
Present participlewaking
Past simplewoke / waked
Past participlewoken / waked / woke

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywake
he, she, itwakes

Past simpleLesson

all personswoke

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave woken
he, she, ithas woken

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wake

Synonyms

101 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

27 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • wake up early
  • wake up at
  • to wake up
  • wake the baby
  • wake up the
  • usually wake up
  • want to wake
  • was woken up

See also

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