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How to pronounce wakefulness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sleeplessness
Type of temporary state
Derivation wakeful


accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come.
Type Words
Synonyms alertness, vigilance, watchfulness
Type of attention
Has types jealousy
Derivation wakeful


wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter.
Type Words
Type of waking, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
Has types vigil, arousal


consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar.

Examples of wakefulness

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The researchers constantly assessed each volunteer's wakefulness and heart rate.
From the sciencedaily.com
All levels rose progressively during periods of wakefulness and fell after sleep.
From the sciencedaily.com
Roughly one in 10 adults experiences bouts of toss-and-turn wakefulness at night.
From the jsonline.com
These could give us effective wakefulness and quality sleep at any time of day.
From the newscientist.com
There is on any given night a community of city folks cruising in our wakefulness.
From the denverpost.com
So why not use that extra hour of wakefulness that Apple provided to think it over?
From the theatlantic.com
The feat of wakefulness is remarkable given that rats die if forcibly denied sleep.
From the newscientist.com
Cancer has shocked and terrorized me into a wakefulness that I didn't know existed.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
Luckily, considering my current state of wakefulness, I am a morning person.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • A periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar"
  • A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come"
  • Watchfulness: the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
  • 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. ...
  • The state of being wakeful
  • One might further require that the organism actually be exercising such a capacity rather than merely having the ability or disposition to do so. Thus one might count it as conscious only if it were awake and normally alert. ...
  • Degree of alertness reflecting whether a person is awake or asleep.
  • A brain state that occurs when a healthy individual is not asleep.