(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
Used in a Sentence
awoke
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for awoke.
Editorial note
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Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of awoke gathered in one view.
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
(transitive) To make aware of something.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for awoke.
verb
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
verb
(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
verb
(transitive) To make aware of something.
verb
(transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
Example sentences
Shares Tanked Today Let's see: maybe it should have never gotten so expensive and some people awoke up?
A programmer who had fallen asleep in his chair awoke with a startle, then started typing himself.
They went to sleep and she awoke with the sensation of him entering her.
And you can do this 24/7 since you are awoke everyday and night?
Pushed the key, fell asleep, awoke to Amazon warnings and a $2000+ bill.
Needless to say I awoke scared shitless as I was plummeting towards the ground and my airbags were deploying.
I awoke at 3AM with the temperature at 83°F and no way to turn it off.
Imagine if you, thizzbuzz, suddenly awoke tomorrow and found out the dictator of some small European country died, and you were the heir apparent.
For example, last night I awoke about 5 times, every single time with a new solution to a current problem.
One fateful morning in Minneapolis, Michaels awoke with a Linux-inspired epiphany: What if we did the same thing with our seeds?
I was asleep about 2:30 am and awoke about 6 am.
The Process awoke its goals unsatisfied.
Quote examples
The first line reads, “As Gregor Samsa awoke that morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
From gillianseed's translation of the actual case file "They went to sleep and she awoke with the sensation of him entering her." (see his comment in reply to yours).
A feeling of peace and calm came to me, and some amount of time later (perhaps an hour) I awoke from the "k-hole." The sense of peace I felt remained.
It's gotten a bit better as I've grown older, but I used to get pretty severe insomnia from the fear that my "self" would be destroyed when I lost consciousness and the "self" that awoke would simply be a perfect duplicate.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use awoke in a sentence?
Shares Tanked Today Let's see: maybe it should have never gotten so expensive and some people awoke up?
What does awoke mean?
(intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
What part of speech is awoke?
awoke is commonly used as verb.