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awaken

/ awaken /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
cause to become awake or conscious
"He was roused by the drunken men in the street"
"Please wake me at 6 AM."
Opposites:
cause to sleep
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
reawaken bring to bring back bring round bring around
Derived:
waker rouser arouser arousal awakening
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 2
make aware
"They were awakened to the sad facts"
Type of:
affect impress move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 3
stop sleeping
"She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
Opposites:
fall asleep dope off flake out drift off nod off
Type of:
change state turn
Derived:
awakening wakening waking up waker arousal
Entails:
sleep kip slumber
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
32%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
3
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change alter modify reawaken bring to bring back bring round bring around cause to sleep affect impress move