awake
/əˈweɪk/adjective
उच्चारण अवेक
जागा हुआ; सचेत
Basic word
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[not before noun]
not asleep (especially immediately before or after sleeping); (awake to sth) aware of something, especially a danger
जागा हुआ; सचेत
- I lay awake all night.
- awake to the danger
- The noise kept the whole family awake.
+ 2 more examples
- Are you still awake? It's almost midnight.
- She stayed awake to finish her revision.
Synonyms wakeful conscious alert aware vigilant
Opposite asleep unconscious unaware
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
be awake (adjective, after be)
As an adjective, awake is used only after a verb such as be, stay, lie or keep.
Adjective के रूप में 'awake' केवल be, stay, lie या keep जैसे verb के बाद आता है।
- Radhika was awake at five o'clock.
- The noise kept us awake all night.
stay / lie / keep + awake
These verbs show how long or in what way someone remains not asleep.
ये verbs बताते हैं कि कोई कितनी देर या किस तरह जागता रहता है।
- I stayed awake to finish my notes.
awake to + danger / fact
Awake to means aware of something.
'Awake to' का अर्थ किसी बात के प्रति सजग होना है।
- The villagers are now awake to the danger of floods.
awake (verb): awake - awoke - awoken
As a verb, it means to wake up. It is formal or literary and is irregular.
Verb के रूप में इसका अर्थ जागना है। यह formal या साहित्यिक है और irregular है।
- She awoke to the sound of temple bells.
- He has awoken early today.
+Collocations 3
adverb + awake
widefullybarelyhalfstill
- The baby was wide awake at midnight.
verb + awake
stayliekeepremainbe
- She lay awake worrying about her exam.
awake + to
the dangersthe factsthe needreality
- The government is awake to the need for new schools.
“More examples 5
- Are you still awake? It is past midnight.
क्या तुम अब भी जाग रहे हो? आधी रात बीत चुकी है।
- Too much coffee kept him awake all night.
ज़्यादा कॉफ़ी ने उसे पूरी रात जगाए रखा।
- He awoke with a start when the alarm rang.
अलार्म बजने पर वह चौंककर जाग गया।
- Radhika was wide awake before the sun came up.
राधिका सूरज निकलने से पहले ही पूरी तरह जाग चुकी थी।
- People are awake to the value of clean air.
लोग स्वच्छ हवा के महत्व के प्रति जागरूक हैं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The awake child ran to the garden.
✓ The child, who was awake, ran to the garden.
Awake cannot stand before a noun; use awake only after a verb.
'Awake' noun से पहले नहीं आ सकता; इसे केवल verb के बाद प्रयोग करें।
✗ I was awaken by the noise.
✓ I was awakened by the noise.
The passive of awaken is awakened; awoken is the participle of awake.
Awaken का passive 'awakened' है; 'awoken' awake का participle है।
✗ Please awake me at six.
✓ Please wake me at six.
Awake is not used with an object in everyday English; use wake or wake up.
रोज़मर्रा की English में 'awake' object के साथ नहीं आता; 'wake' या 'wake up' लिखें।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Awake, wake and awaken all concern waking up, but differ in grammar and tone.
Awake, wake और awaken तीनों जागने से जुड़े हैं, पर grammar और स्वर में भिन्न हैं।
An adjective meaning not asleep; as a verb, formal.
Adjective: जागा हुआ; verb के रूप में formal।
- He was awake all night.
The common verb; wake up or wake somebody up.
सामान्य verb; wake up या wake somebody up।
- Wake me at five.
Formal; also means to arouse a feeling or interest.
Formal; किसी भावना या रुचि को जगाने के अर्थ में भी।
- The visit awakened her interest in history.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the wake words: wake, awake, awaken (formal; also make somebody aware: 'awaken interest'), rouse.
जागने के शब्द याद रखिए: wake, awake, awaken (औपचारिक; किसी को सचेत करना भी: 'awaken interest'), rouse।
§Grammar and usage
Awake is used after a verb, not before a noun ('The baby is awake', not 'an awake baby'; use 'a wakeful baby'), like asleep, alive, afraid, alone, aware and ashamed (the a- adjectives).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: awake verb के बाद प्रयुक्त होता है, noun से पहले नहीं ('The baby is awake', 'an awake baby' नहीं; 'a wakeful baby' लिखिए), asleep, alive, afraid, alone, aware और ashamed की तरह (a- adjectives)।
Verb forms: awake, awoke, awoken.
Verb forms: awake, awoke, awoken।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Wide awake (fully awake; alert).
Idiom 'wide awake' (पूरी तरह जागा; सतर्क)।
'Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached' (Swami Vivekananda).
कहावत 'उठो, जागो और लक्ष्य प्राप्ति तक मत रुको' (स्वामी विवेकानंद)।