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Meaning of awake

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  awake
      adj 1: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake
             thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
             [ant: {asleep(p)}]
      2: mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to
         the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the
         dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of
         his predicament" [syn: {alert}, {alive(p)}, {awake(p)}]
      v 1: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm
           clock" [syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {arouse}, {awaken},
           {wake}, {come alive}, {waken}] [ant: {dope off}, {doze
           off}, {drift off}, {drop off}, {drowse off}, {fall asleep},
           {flake out}, {nod off}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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