adjective / verb
awake
uh-WAYK/əˈweɪk/
No longer asleep.
The adult sits awake in bed beneath the moonlit window.
Etymology
The underlying verb meant to arise or become awake. The adjective developed from its past participle: being roused from sleep became the description of a conscious, non-sleeping state.
In context
Being awake and being asleep. However, what's less wellknown is that there's also a third state, a strange in between called hypnogogia
More examples
- I awoke when the door slammed.
- The town is awake to the danger of losing its water supply.
- She had awoken early and could not return to sleep.
Forms
awake · awakes · awoke · awoken · awaking