1
as in to awaken
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in to warn
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving
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as in consciousness
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Recent Examples of wake
Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
The decision comes in the wake of federal funding cuts for food and nutrition safety net programs nationwide.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
Service dogs can help people with PTSD by waking them during nightmares.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Verb
That movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024, which Affleck skipped in the wake of their divorce.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
The decision comes in the wake of federal funding cuts for food and nutrition safety net programs nationwide.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
Loftie boasts a similar two-phase alarm style that helps to wake you up more gradually, like a sunrise alarm.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
Service dogs can help people with PTSD by waking them during nightmares.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wake
Verb
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With the nation’s freedom hanging in the balance, the founders discover true liberty cannot only be written into law – it must be awakened in the hearts of the people.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Cases are flooding the courts, with hearings in DC’s local criminal court routinely lasting late into the night and federal prosecutors awakened for new cases.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Kyiv awoke to loud explosions, drones flying overhead and air defenses booming.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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After a lifeless Eagles offense awoke with a third-quarter touchdown to pull within 26-14, Davis forced Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford out of bounds on a punt-forcing sack by chasing him halfway across the field.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On Sunday, Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi warned there was essentially no job growth in September, citing data from Revelio Labs and ADP.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
6 Oct. 2025
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Gaza is decimated In Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says more than 66,000 people have been killed − about half of them women and children − and humanitarian agencies now warn of famine.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Norwood, a wide-eyed young woman with a yearning for Hollywood success, burst into the collective consciousness over the weekend when Mel’s report from a Zurich Summit panel in Switzerland exploded online.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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At his Neverland research island, through the groundbreaking Hybrid process, Kavalier takes in terminally ill children and moves their consciousness into ageless adult synthetic bodies.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Despite an innate gift for melodic beauty and a bedraggled voice that would rouse itself to startling intensity, he was often derailed by substance abuse issues and a deluge of releases that were clearly in need of an editor or A&R executive to prune.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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So there are plenty of juicy questions on the table for future weeks of the season, but it should be said that putting a character like Roddy at the center of Slow Horses has given season five a rousing comic boost.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Tingri County Tourism Company alerted visitors to the storm via WeChat, the outlets reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Ed is the one who alerted town officials of the fire, leading them to the location where Henry was found.—
JR Radcliffe,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Sleepwalking explores the narrow yet profound space between the vigilant awareness of wakefulness and the surrender to the unknown feelings and sensations of sleep.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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The programme has also been designed to educate guests on how to achieve good sleep when back at home and how factors, such as nutrition, gut health, stress and water retention, are all interconnected and play a part with insomnia and wakefulness.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Wake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wake. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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