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verb

1. To cease sleeping: arouse, awaken, rouse, stir, wake, waken. See awareness/unawareness.
2. To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion): arouse, awaken, kindle, raise, rouse, stir, waken. See excite/bore/interest.

adjective

1. Not in a state of sleep: unsleeping, wakeful, wide-awake. See awareness/unawareness.
2. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception: alive, aware, cognizant, sensible, sentient, wise. Slang hip. Idioms: on to. See knowledge/ignorance.

adj

Definition: conscious; alert
Antonyms: asleep, unconscious

v

Definition: become or cause to rise from sleep
Antonyms: go to sleep, sleep

v

Definition: become or make aware
Antonyms: deaden, lull

IN BRIEF: adj. - Not in a state of sleep adj. - (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; Not unconscious.

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake. — Henry David Thoreau

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For a list of words related to awake, see:

• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vække
v. intr. - vågne
adj. - årvågen, opmærksom, vågen

idioms:

• be awake to    være klar over, være vågen over for

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwaken, bewust worden, actief worden, wekken, wakker, waakzaam, zich bewust van

Français (French)
v. tr. - éveiller, réveiller, (fig) faire naître
v. intr. - s'éveiller, se réveiller, (fig) prendre conscience de, (fig) s'apercevoir, (fig) revenir de (ses illusions)
adj. - en éveil, vigilant, conscient de, réveillé

idioms:

• be awake to    avoir conscience de

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufwachen, erwachen, wecken, aufwecken
adj. - wachsam, wach

idioms:

• be awake to    sich bewußt sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αφυπνίζω/-ομαι, ξυπνώ, δραστηριοποιούμαι, συνειδητοποιώ
adj. - αφυπνισμένος, ξύπνιος, (μτφ.) επαγρυπνών, άγρυπνος

idioms:

• be awake to    έχω πλήρη συνείδηση, έχω επίγνωση

Italiano (Italian)
svegliare, svegliarsi, risvegliare, vigile, sveglio

idioms:

• be awake    essere sveglio
• be awake to    essere consapevole di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acordar, despertar, animar(-se) para, compreender
adj. - acordado, desperto, vigilante, alerta

idioms:

• be awake    estar acordado
• be awake to    estar alerta para

Русский (Russian)
пробудить, пробудиться, бодрствующий, внимательный, настороженный

idioms:

• be awake    осознавать
• be awake to    знать, осознавать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cobrar conciencia, despertar, espabilar
v. intr. - despertarse, espabilarse
adj. - alerta, atento, completamente despierto

idioms:

• be awake to    darse cuenta de, tomar conciencia de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vakna
adj. - vaken

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唤醒, 使醒过来, 使意识到, 使觉醒, 唤起, 激起, 醒来, 意识到, 觉醒, 被唤起, 被激起, 醒着的, 认识到的, 意识到的, 清醒的, 警惕的

idioms:

• be awake to    醒悟, 意识到

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 喚醒, 使醒過來, 使意識到, 使覺醒, 喚起, 激起
v. intr. - 醒來, 意識到, 覺醒, 被喚起, 被激起
adj. - 醒著的, 認識到的, 意識到的, 清醒的, 警惕的

idioms:

• be awake to    醒悟, 意識到

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 잠에서 깨우다, 깨닫게 하다, ~을 환기시키다
v. intr. - 잠을 깨다, 깨닫다
adj. - 깨어서, 주의 깊은

idioms:

• be awake to    ~을 알아채고 있다, ~에 대하여 빈틈없다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 目を覚ます, 目覚める, 呼び起こされる, 気づく, 起きる
adj. - 目が覚めて, 気づいて

idioms:

• be awake    目が覚めて
• be awake to    用心して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستيقظ, ينهض, يدرك, يوقظ (صفه) متنبه, يقظان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העיר, עורר‬
v. intr. - ‮התעורר, נעשה מודע ל-‬
adj. - ‮מודע ל-, ער‬

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