Awake
adjective
Not sleeping, alert and aware of surroundings.
I was awake all night because of the noisy neighbors.
Often appears as...
- stay awake
- wide awake
verb
To stop sleeping or wake up.
She awoke at dawn.
Often appears as...
- awake from sleep
- suddenly awake
verb
To make someone stop sleeping or wake up.
The alarm clock awoke me early in the morning.
Often appears as...
- awake someone
- noise awoke me
verb
To make one recognize or become aware of something.
That incident awoke me to the realities of life.
Often appears as...
- awake to reality
- awake to the truth
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Not sleeping, alert and aware of surroundings.
I was awake all night because of the noisy neighbors.
Often appears as...
- stay awake
- wide awake
verb
To stop sleeping or wake up.
She awoke at dawn.
Often appears as...
- awake from sleep
- suddenly awake
verb
To make someone stop sleeping or wake up.
The alarm clock awoke me early in the morning.
Often appears as...
- awake someone
- noise awoke me
verb
To make one recognize or become aware of something.
That incident awoke me to the realities of life.
Often appears as...
- awake to reality
- awake to the truth
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional State
Can imply worry or excitement, explaining why someone is not sleeping.
She was awake all night, anxious about her job interview.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Usage
Often used in the phrase 'lie awake', suggesting being in bed but not asleep.
I lay awake thinking about the day's events.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional State
Can imply worry or excitement, explaining why someone is not sleeping.
She was awake all night, anxious about her job interview.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Usage
Often used in the phrase 'lie awake', suggesting being in bed but not asleep.
I lay awake thinking about the day's events.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional State
Can imply worry or excitement, explaining why someone is not sleeping.
She was awake all night, anxious about her job interview.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Usage
Often used in the phrase 'lie awake', suggesting being in bed but not asleep.
I lay awake thinking about the day's events.
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What causes insomnia? -...
Pondering deep questions? Excitement about a big trip? Or is it stress about unfinished work, an upcoming test, or a dreaded family gathering? For many people, this stress is temporary, as its cause is quickly resolved. But what if the very thing keeping you awake was stress about losing sleep?
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How spontaneous brain...
these neurons have a huge effect in turning off brainstem regions that normally keep you awake and alert, letting other parts, like the cortex and thalamus, slowly slip into their own default rhythms. The deeper we fall into sleep, the slower and more synchronized this rhythm becomes,
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Asking where consciousnes...
which I did that was by putting an electrode array on their forehead and this enabled me to actually watch them moving from being completely awake to being completely unaware of all those noxious and terrifying stimuli that come in from the external world now watching
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How does caffeine keep...
and even beverages labeled decaf. Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, happy, and energetic, even if we haven't had enough sleep. But it can also raise our blood pressure, and make us feel anxious. It's the world most widely used drug. So how does it keep us awake?
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Why do we dream? - Amy...
We dream to solve problems. Unconstrained by reality and the rules of conventional logic, in your dreams, your mind can create limitless scenarios to help you grasp problems and formulate solutions that you may not consider while awake.
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Rethinking infidelity...
But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details -- Where were you? Where did you do it? How often? Is she better than me in bed? -- questions that only inflict more pain, and keep you awake at night.
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6 tips for better sleep...
or you can have blackout shades and that will help best regulate that critical sleep hormone of melatonin. The next tip is walk it out. Don't stay in bed awake for long periods of time. And the general rule of thumb
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What You Can Do to...
What about sleep? In slow-wave deep sleep, our glial cells rinse cerebral spinal fluid throughout our brains, clearing away metabolic waste that accumulated in our synapses while we were awake.
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Life Lessons From a...
astonishing everything is new and so your brain is awake and turned on so every passing second your brain is learning something new learning how the world works and so the muscle of your
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A Collection Of Spring...
awake and amid the spring vegetation they starve because there are so few vancouver island marmots every survivor is important for the species
Video examples
What causes insomnia? -...
Pondering deep questions? Excitement about a big trip? Or is it stress about unfinished work, an upcoming test, or a dreaded family gathering? For many people, this stress is temporary, as its cause is quickly resolved. But what if the very thing keeping you awake was stress about losing sleep?
Video examples
How spontaneous brain...
these neurons have a huge effect in turning off brainstem regions that normally keep you awake and alert, letting other parts, like the cortex and thalamus, slowly slip into their own default rhythms. The deeper we fall into sleep, the slower and more synchronized this rhythm becomes,
Video examples
Asking where consciousnes...
which I did that was by putting an electrode array on their forehead and this enabled me to actually watch them moving from being completely awake to being completely unaware of all those noxious and terrifying stimuli that come in from the external world now watching
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
and even beverages labeled decaf. Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, happy, and energetic, even if we haven't had enough sleep. But it can also raise our blood pressure, and make us feel anxious. It's the world most widely used drug. So how does it keep us awake?
Video examples
Why do we dream? - Amy...
We dream to solve problems. Unconstrained by reality and the rules of conventional logic, in your dreams, your mind can create limitless scenarios to help you grasp problems and formulate solutions that you may not consider while awake.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details -- Where were you? Where did you do it? How often? Is she better than me in bed? -- questions that only inflict more pain, and keep you awake at night.
Video examples
6 tips for better sleep...
or you can have blackout shades and that will help best regulate that critical sleep hormone of melatonin. The next tip is walk it out. Don't stay in bed awake for long periods of time. And the general rule of thumb
Video examples
What You Can Do to...
What about sleep? In slow-wave deep sleep, our glial cells rinse cerebral spinal fluid throughout our brains, clearing away metabolic waste that accumulated in our synapses while we were awake.
Video examples
Life Lessons From a...
astonishing everything is new and so your brain is awake and turned on so every passing second your brain is learning something new learning how the world works and so the muscle of your
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
awake and amid the spring vegetation they starve because there are so few vancouver island marmots every survivor is important for the species
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Gabriella Wilde
English Actress
When you play a lead role, you're in pretty much every scene. It's incredibly tiring. You really have to disappear into the film because you have no time to do anything else. You are either awake and playing the character, or you are trying to catch up on sleep.
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Jerzy Kosinski
Polish Novelist
As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.
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Kai Ryssdal
American Journalist
Once I'm awake, I'm awake, which helps when you have to run in the mornings.
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Hugh Prather
American Writer
It is only in helping someone else to awake that I awake.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Douglas Horton
American Clergyman
To awake from death is to die in peace.
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Gabriella Wilde
English Actress
When you play a lead role, you're in pretty much every scene. It's incredibly tiring. You really have to disappear into the film because you have no time to do anything else. You are either awake and playing the character, or you are trying to catch up on sleep.
Quote examples
Jerzy Kosinski
Polish Novelist
As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.
Quote examples
Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
Quote examples
Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.
Quote examples
Kai Ryssdal
American Journalist
Once I'm awake, I'm awake, which helps when you have to run in the mornings.
Quote examples
Hugh Prather
American Writer
It is only in helping someone else to awake that I awake.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Quote examples
Douglas Horton
American Clergyman
To awake from death is to die in peace.
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