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How to pronounce awake in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms arouse, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken
Type of turn, change state
Type Words
Synonyms alert, alive


awake to the dangers of her situation.
was now awake to the reality of his predicament.
Type Words


lay awake thinking about his new job.
still not fully awake.

Examples of awake

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Those problems are more than enough to keep worry-wart investors awake at night.
From the stltoday.com
He is not confident that they will stay awake, so he walks to the spot to check.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This pattern of activity is also seen when adults who are awake hear sad sounds.
From the newscientist.com
If there had been an immediate connection or chemistry, I could've stayed awake.
From the washingtonpost.com
They said they weren't tired, although they were awake long past their bedtimes.
From the omaha.com
When the family is home and awake, Jeanette likes to keep the temperature at 72.
From the usatoday.com
By the time we were in the ER the guy was awake and trying to pull the tube out.
From the nytimes.com
This was his first glimpse of it, since few his age are still awake at moonrise.
From the newsobserver.com
Neo is jolted awake from this dream, or prophecy, as Trinity sleeps next to him.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Awake(p): not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
  • Wake up: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
  • Alert: mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
  • Awake! is a monthly illustrated magazine printed and published by Jehovah's Witnesses via the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania in Wallkill, New York, and branch offices around the world. ...
  • Wakefulness is a daily recurring brain state in which an individual is conscious and engages in coherent cognitive and behavior responses to the external world such as communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation. ...
  • Awake is the first EP release from Bleed the Dream on their own label Noize Pollution in 2003.
  • "Awake" is the first single from Crash Karma's debut album, Crash Karma. It is about being aware of the world around you.
  • Awake is the fifth studio album by German band Crematory, distributed through Nuclear Blast Records.
  • Awake is an English language hit in Norway for the Norwegian band Donkeyboy, their fourth single taken from their album Caught in a Life after singles "Ambitions" and "Sometimes" (both #1s for 13 and 8 weeks consecutively in the Norwegian Singles Chart) and "Broke My Eyes" (that reached #6).