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   awake

   /əˈweɪk/

   verb

   • 1. stop sleeping; wake from sleep: "she awoke to find the streets covered in snow" Similar wake (up)awakenstircome tocome roundbestir oneselfshow signs of lifereturn to the land of the livingOpposite fall asleep
   • ▪ cause (someone) to wake from sleep: "my screams awoke my parents" Similar wake (up)awakenwakenrousearouseinformal:give someone a shoutknock up
   • ▪ regain consciousness: "I awoke none the worse for the operation"
   • ▪ become aware of; come to a realization of: "the authorities finally awoke to the extent of the problem" Similar realizebecome aware ofbecome conscious ofbecome cognizant ofbecome mindful ofinformal:get wise torare:cognize
   • ▪ make or become active again: "there were echoes and scents which awoke some memory in me"

   adjective

   • 1. not asleep: "the noise might keep you awake at night" Similar wakefulsleeplesswide awakeconscioustossing and turningrestlessrestivearchaic:watchfulrare:insomnolentOpposite asleep
   • ▪ aware of: "too few are awake to the dangers" Similar aware ofconscious ofcognizant ofmindful ofsensible ofalive toalert tosensitive toarchaic:ware ofOpposite unawareignorantoblivious

   Word Origin Old Englishāwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (see a-2, wake1).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › wakeWake Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   3 days ago · The meaning of WAKE is to be or remain awake. How to use wake in a sentence. to be or remain awake; to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse; to stay up late ...

3. timesofindia.indiatimes.com › speaking-tree › dailyWhat Does It Mean to Be Awakened? - Times of India

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   1 day ago · To be fully awakened means to be fully aware!! Absolute (fully) awakened awareness is the absolute knowledge (Keval-Gnan). There is nothing other than this Kevalgnan and yet it is nothing new.

4. lifehacker.com › health › what-is-core-sleep-apple-watchWhat Is Core Sleep? (Or What Your Apple Watch Thinks It Is ...

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   3 days ago · So, to wrap up: Core sleep, if you’re a napper, is the longest block of sleep you get during a day. Core sleep, to scientists who study sleep deprivation, is a hypothesis about which part of a ...

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › lie awakeLie awake - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   3 days ago · lie awake: 1 v lie without sleeping “She was so worried, she lay awake all night long” Type of: lie be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

6. www.abc.net.au › news › 2024/07/06Why do I keep waking up during the night? Here’s how to ...

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   1 day ago · Amy Jordan, the director of the Sleep Laboratory in Melbourne, said it's not necessarily a cause for concern. "We tend to want or expect to sleep like a child, passing out for eight hours without ...

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MeditationMeditation - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.

8. www.health.harvard.edu › staying-healthy › dreamingDreaming of a good night's rest - Harvard Health

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   5 days ago · A good night's rest consists of completing four to five continuous sleep cycles. Each cycle includes periods of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, when you dream, and non-REM sleep, when you have deep, dreamless slumber. "If your sleep gets disrupted or becomes fragmented, you could lose a chunk of either non-REM or REM sleep," says Dr. Batool-Anwar.