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Gillyflower Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

wake

Hi,
In WordNet dictionary, wake is defined as "be awake, be alert, be there"
What does this definition mean? Could you please give an example for that?

Thanks!
  

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Do you mean the root meaning of wake? since it is not an adjective as your definitition might suggestion. The dog barked and the man was soon awake = be awake The man was awake to the possibility of the machine breaking = alert The man was wide-awake at the lecture = paying attention and listening, 'being there' d

— Meteorquake

  • Do you mean the root meaning of wake?
  • since it is not an adjective as your definitition might suggestion.
  • The dog barked and the man was soon awake = be awake The man was awake to the possibility of the machine breaking = alert The man was wide-awake at the lecture = paying attention and listening, 'being there' d
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Do you mean the root meaning of wake? since it is not an adjective as your definitition might suggestion.

The dog barked and the man was soon awake = be awake

The man was awake to the possibility of the machine breaking = alert

The man was wide-awake at the lecture = paying attention and listening, 'being there'

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I don't agree with that definition of 'wake'.

The basic idea is 'come out of a state of sleep'.
eg Tom wakes at 7am every day..

Or 'rouse from a state of sleep'.
eg Tom wakes his wife at 8am every day.
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