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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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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Elizabeth feels her senses awakening again.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
26 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
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Residents awoke to an atmospheric anomaly — fueled by meteorological conditions trapping smoke from Northern California wildfires — in which the sky did indeed turn a smoky orange.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Passport services could also be delayed, the organization warned.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Equity advocates warn that the expansion of microschools, especially those reliant on tuition or vouchers, could drain resources and diversity students from neighborhood public schools.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The present is always coming at us so hard and fast that the unexamined past fades more from consciousness in the echo chamber of the now.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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Although trained to diagnose, Casey prefers to avoid rigid labels and instead identifies the root of imbalance psycho-individually, helping clients break free from limitations and constraints to step into deeper fulfillment, accountability, and higher consciousness.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, the execs laid out the stakes very clearly, offering the kind of robust free-speech defenses that would rouse us today.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Just think of the gridiron characters who've hit the big screen over the years, giving us awesome cinematic moments in everything from screwball comedies to rousing biopics.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The agency also issued a letter alerting physicians nationwide.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 4 Oct. 2025.
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