awake

About 8.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not asleep; conscious.

   We've lain awake a good many nights worrying about her.

2. adjective Alert, aware.

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

3. verb To become conscious after having slept.
4. verb To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
5. verb To make aware of something.
6. verb To excite or to stir up something latent.
7. verb To rouse from a state of inaction or dormancy.
8. verb To come out of a state of inaction or dormancy.

Similar words

waking awakened wide-awake wake up waken awaken wake come alive alert aware

Often followed by

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Word family

awaked awakes awaking awoke awoken