awake

Definition

  • verb: to stop sleeping
  • verb: to cease sleeping
  • synonyms: wake, awaken, waken

Examples

  • It was quite late, but the children were still 'wide awake'. [=not tired at all]

  • One moment she was sleeping soundly—the next she was wide 'awake'.

  • How long will it take them to 'awake to' their mistake?

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dan Aykroyd oral sex. I was just wondering how the phone worked. That's all. So what are you doing awake at this time? You come to join the party? Uh, something happened in my room. Some kind of power cut. So I came to see (..)
    2014 Ex Machina