verb
Meaning 1
To cause to become awake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: knock up, uprouse
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
awaken
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/əˈweɪkən/
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rhymes with -eɪkən
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 W EY1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To stop sleeping; awake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awake, stir, abraid, arise, arouse, awaken, get up, rise, rouse, wake, wake up, waken
Antonyms: fall asleep
verb
Meaning 3
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
- We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: animate, energize, arouse, awaken, beghast, leaven, bright, brighten, cheer, enliven, enthuse, exalt, excite, fire up, ginger, ginger up, inflame, invigorate, inspire, inspirit, jazz, kindle, liven, liven up, perk up, quicken, spice, spice up, stimulate, vitalise
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
Of something previously dormant, to become active.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To call to a sense of sin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
past participle of awake
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To cause to become aware.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To become aware.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
Examples
- I suddenly awoke to the possibilities of the new invention.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
stop sleeping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wake up, awake, arouse, wake, come alive, waken
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
verb
Meaning 10
cause to become awake or conscious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He was roused by the drunken men in the street
- Please wake me at 6 AM.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
Antonyms: cause to sleep
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: reawaken, bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around, call
verb
Meaning 11
make aware
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They were awakened to the sad facts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affect, impress, move, strike
History
Etymology
From Middle English awakenen or awaknen, from Old English awæcnan or awæcnian, from a- plus wæcnan or wæcnian.
Across languages
Translations
152 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: çoj — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Western Apache: náô’da — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Arabic: أَيْقَظَ (ʔayqaẓa) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Arabic: فيّق (fijjaq) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Armenian: զարթնեցնել (zartʻnecʻnel) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Armenian: արթնացնել (artʻnacʻnel) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Belarusian: будзі́ць (budzícʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Belarusian: разбу́джваць (razbúdžvacʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Belarusian: разбудзі́ць (razbudzícʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Belarusian: абудзі́ць (abudzícʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Bulgarian: пробу́ждам (probúždam) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Bulgarian: пробу́дя (probúdja) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Bulgarian: бу́дя (búdja) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Catalan: despertar — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Chinese Mandarin: 喚醒 /唤醒 (huànxǐng) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Chinese Mandarin: 叫醒 (jiàoxǐng) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Czech: budit — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Czech: vzbudit — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Czech: probudit — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Danish: vække — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Dutch: wekken — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Dutch: wakker maken — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Esperanto: veki — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Estonian: äratama — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Finnish: herättää — transitive: to cause to become awake
- French: réveiller — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- German: aufwecken — transitive: to cause to become awake
- German: wecken — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Ancient Greek: ἐγείρω (egeírō) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Haitian Creole: reveye — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Hungarian: ébreszt — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Hungarian: felébreszt — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Interlingua: eveliar — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Irish: múscail — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Italian: svegliare — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Japanese: 起こす (okosu) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Kazakh: ояту (oätu) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Korean: 깨우다 (kkae'uda) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Latin: expergō — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Latin: excito — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Macedonian: буди (budi) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Macedonian: разбуди (razbudi) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Norwegian Bokmål: vekke — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vekkja — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Persian: بلند کردن (boland kardan) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Persian: بلن کردن (bolan kardan) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Persian: بیدار کردن (bidâr kardan) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Portuguese: acordar — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Portuguese: despertar — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Quechua: hatariy — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Romanian: scula — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Romanian: deștepta — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Romanian: trezi — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Russian: буди́ть (budítʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Russian: разбуди́ть (razbudítʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Russian: пробужда́ть (probuždátʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Russian: пробуди́ть (probudítʹ) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Sanskrit: बोधयति (bodhayati) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Sanskrit: जागर्ति (jāgarti) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Serbo-Croatian: пробуђи́вати — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Serbo-Croatian: пробу́дити — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Serbo-Croatian: probuđívati — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Serbo-Croatian: probúditi — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Slovak: budiť — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Slovak: vzbudiť — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Slovak: prebudiť — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Slovene: prebujati — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Slovene: prebuditi — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Spanish: despertar — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Swedish: väcka — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Turkish: uyandırmak — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Ukrainian: буди́ти (budýty) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Ukrainian: пробу́джувати (probúdžuvaty) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Ukrainian: розбу́джувати (rozbúdžuvaty) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Ukrainian: пробуди́ти (probudýty) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Ukrainian: розбуди́ти (rozbudýty) — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Vietnamese: tỉnh táo — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Walloon: dispierter — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Walloon: rewoeyî — transitive: to cause to become awake
- Arabic: اِسْتَيْقَظَ (istayqaẓa) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Arabic: أَفَاقَ (ʔafāqa) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Arabic: فاق (fāq) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Armenian: զարթնել (zartʻnel) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Armenian: արթնանալ (artʻnanal) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Chinese Mandarin: 醒 (xǐng) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Chinese Mandarin: 醒來 /醒来 (xǐnglái) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Danish: vågne — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Dutch: zich opwekken — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Dutch: wakker worden — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Esperanto: vekiĝi — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Estonian: ärkama — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Finnish: herätä — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- French: se réveiller — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Georgian: გამოღვიძება (gamoɣviʒeba) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- German: aufwachen — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- German: erwachen — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- German: wach werden — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Ancient Greek: ἐγείρομαι (egeíromai) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Hungarian: ébred — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Hungarian: felébred — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Ingrian: havaita — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Irish: múscail — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Italian: svegliarsi — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Japanese: 起きる (okiru) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Japanese: 目覚める (mezameru) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Japanese: 目を覚ます (me o samasu) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Latin: expergiscor — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Latin: excitor — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Latin: exsuscito — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Maltese: qam — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Norwegian Bokmål: våkne — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vakna — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Persian: بیدار شدن (bidâr šodan) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Portuguese: acordar — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Portuguese: despertar — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Russian: просыпа́ться (prosypátʹsja) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Russian: просну́ться (prosnútʹsja) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Russian: пробужда́ться (probuždátʹsja) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Russian: пробуди́ться (probudítʹsja) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Sanskrit: बुध्यते (budhyate) — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Scottish Gaelic: dùisg — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Spanish: despertarse — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Swedish: vakna — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Swedish: vakna upp — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Turkish: uyanmak — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Vietnamese: tỉnh dậy — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Vietnamese: thức dậy — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Walloon: si dispierter — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Walloon: si rewoeyî — intransitive: to stop sleeping
- Armenian: արթնացնել (artʻnacʻnel) — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Danish: vække — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Estonian: äratama — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Finnish: herättää — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Finnish: havahduttaa — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Georgian: გაღვიძება (gaɣviʒeba) — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- German: erwachen — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- German: wecken — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Hungarian: felébreszt — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Hungarian: felkelt — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Hungarian: kelt — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Hungarian: ébreszt — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Irish: múscail — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Latin: excito — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Norwegian Bokmål: vekke — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Portuguese: acordar — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Russian: пробужда́ть (probuždátʹ) — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Russian: пробуди́ть (probudítʹ) — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Spanish: despertar — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Turkish: canlandırmak — transitive: to cause to become conscious
- Turkish: ayıltmak — transitive: to cause to become conscious