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0 not sleeping:
- "Is Oliver awake yet?" "Yes, he's wide (= completely) awake and running around his bedroom."
- I find it so difficult to stay awake during history lessons.
- I drink a lot of coffee to keep me awake.
- She used to lie awake at night worrying about how to pay the bills.
- Businesses need to be awake to the advantages of European integration.
1 to stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping:
- I awoke at seven o'clock.
- She awoke me at seven.
- The chance meeting awoke the old passion between them.
- Young people need to awake to the risks involved in casual sex.
2 not sleeping:
- If I drink coffee late in the day, I can’t sleep and stay awake all night.
3 to stop sleeping, or to cause someone to stop sleeping:
- [ I ] I awoke at 7, as usual.

The noise from their party kept me awake half the night.
It was 3 a.m. and we were still wide awake.
I'm surprised to see you awake - ten minutes ago you were sound asleep.
She lay awake listening to her sister's steady breathing.
Go and see if Tim's awake - it's time he was getting ready for school.
Patients in "minimally conscious states" are awake but have only partial preservation of awareness and responsiveness.
In normal awake and slow wave sleep states, the raphe nucleus is releasing serotonin.
Sometimes it is not even specified whether the person who saw the vision was awake or asleep.