wake
/weɪk/verb
उच्चारण वेक
जागना, जगाना
Basic word
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[I, T] ~ (up)
to stop sleeping; to make somebody stop sleeping; (wake up to sth) to become aware of something
जागना, जगाना
- I wake up at six.
- Wake up to reality!
- The alarm woke me at five this morning.
+ 3 more examples
- Don't wake the baby; she has just fallen asleep.
- He woke suddenly to the sound of thunder.
- It's time to wake up to the dangers of climate change.
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[C]
the track that a boat leaves behind on the surface of the water; an occasion before or after a funeral when people gather to remember the dead person
(नाव का) पीछे छूटा निशान; जागरण
- in the wake of the storm
- The boat left a white wake behind it.
- Prices rose sharply in the wake of the floods.
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- A long line of villagers attended the wake.
→Phrasal verbs 2
wake up / wake sb up
to stop sleeping; to make somebody stop sleeping
जागना; (किसी को) जगाना
- I wake up at five every morning.
- Please wake me up at six.
wake up to sth
to become aware of something
(किसी बात के प्रति) जागरूक होना
- People are finally waking up to the dangers of plastic.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Verb forms, asked very often: wake, woke, woken (also awake, awoke, awoken).
Verb forms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: wake, woke, woken (awake, awoke, awoken भी)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
In the wake of sth (following or as a result of something: 'Prices rose in the wake of the floods').
Idiom बहुत पूछा जाता है: in the wake of sth (किसी के बाद या परिणामस्वरूप: 'Prices rose in the wake of the floods')।
Wake-up call (an event that makes you realize there is a problem), waking hours (the time when you are awake).
Collocations: wake-up call (समस्या का बोध कराने वाली घटना), waking hours (जागने का समय)।
Wake up to (realize: 'wake up to the danger').
Phrasal verb 'wake up to' (समझ जाना: 'wake up to the danger')।
'Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached' (Swami Vivekananda, from the Katha Upanishad).
कहावत 'उठो, जागो और लक्ष्य प्राप्ति तक मत रुको' (स्वामी विवेकानंद, कठोपनिषद् से)।