verb
1. cause to become awake or conscious (Freq. 8)
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He was roused by the drunken men in the street
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Please wake me at 6 AM.
• Ant: ↑cause to sleep (for: ↑awaken)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑arouser (for: ↑arouse), ↑arousal (for: ↑arouse), ↑rouser (for: ↑rouse), ↑awakening (for: ↑awaken)
• Hyponyms: ↑reawaken, ↑bring to, ↑bring back, ↑bring round, ↑bring around, ↑call
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
2. stop sleeping (Freq. 7)
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She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
• Ant: ↑fall asleep
• Derivationally related forms: ↑wakening (for: ↑waken), ↑waker (for: ↑wake), ↑awakening (for: ↑awaken), ↑arousal (for: ↑arouse)
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Entailment: ↑sleep, ↑kip, ↑slumber, ↑log Z's, ↑catch some Z's
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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wake up [phrasal verb]
1 : to become fully awake and energetic
It takes a couple cups of coffee for me to really wake up in the morning.
He finally started to wake up and take care of his health.
— often + to
Tourists are only now waking up to the fact [=are only now starting to realize] that this is a great place to visit.
The study woke us up to the importance of regular exercise. [=made us realize the importance of regular exercise]
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Main Entry: ↑wake
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ˌwake ˈup derived
to become more lively and interested
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Wake up and listen!
Useful english dictionary. 2012.