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also waked
1
as in awoke
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awaked
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in alerted
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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or waked
also woke
1
as in awakened
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awoken
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in warned
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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Recent Examples of woke
Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
So woke and political correctness are basically the same thing.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
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So woke and political correctness are basically the same thing.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
Alex Vesia waked two in the eight but stranded the tying run at third.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
So woke and political correctness are basically the same thing.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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