noun
Meaning 1
The state of being wakeful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wakefulness
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: waking, physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
Narrower terms: arousal, vigil
noun
Meaning 3
the process of paying close and continuous attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
- vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: watchfulness, vigilance, alertness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attention
Narrower terms: jealousy
noun
Meaning 4
a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sleeplessness
Antonyms: sleepiness
Broader terms: temporary state
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English wakeful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English wakefulness From wakeful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: éveil — state of being wakeful
- French: vigilance — state of being wakeful
- Georgian: ღვიძილი (ɣviʒili) — state of being wakeful
- German: Wachsamkeit — state of being wakeful
- German: Aufmerksamkeit — state of being wakeful
- German: Schlaflosigkeit — state of being wakeful
- German: Wachheit — state of being wakeful
- German: Vigilanz — state of being wakeful
- Latin: vigilantia — state of being wakeful
- Latin: vigilātiō — state of being wakeful
- Latin: vigilia — state of being wakeful
- Macedonian: будност (budnost) — state of being wakeful
- Polish: jawa — state of being wakeful
- Portuguese: vigília — state of being wakeful
- Russian: бо́дрствование (bódrstvovanije) — state of being wakeful
- Serbo-Croatian: java — state of being wakeful
- Spanish: vigilia — state of being wakeful
- Spanish: vela — state of being wakeful
- Swedish: vakenhet — state of being wakeful