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Meaning of "half-awake" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-AWAKE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-AWAKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Awake is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HALF-AWAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Somnolence

Somnolence is a state of near-sleep, a strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods. It has two distinct meanings, referring both to the usual state preceding falling asleep, and the chronic condition referring to being in that state independent of a circadian rhythm. "Somnolence" is derived from the Latin "somnus" meaning "sleep."...

Definition of half-awake in the English dictionary

The definition of half-awake in the dictionary is not fully awake.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-AWAKE

half-a-crown
half-a-dollar
half-and-half
half-arsed
half-asleep
half-assed
half-baked
half-ball
half-binding
half-blind
half-blood
half-blooded
half-blue
half-board
half-boot
half-bottle
half-bound
half-breed
half-brother
half-buried

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-AWAKE

awake
kittiwake
late-wake
lichwake
lyke-wake
reawake
rewake
unawake
wake
wide awake
wide-awake

Synonyms and antonyms of half-awake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-awake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-AWAKE

Find out the translation of half-awake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-awake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-awake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半清醒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio despierto
570 millions of speakers

English

half-awake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुप्तप्राय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف مستيقظا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спросонок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semi-acordado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ জাগ্রত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi- éveillé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah awake
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

halb wach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーフ目を覚まし
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 깨어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah awake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa tỉnh nửa mê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை விழித்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धवट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım uyanık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dormiveglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół jawie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спросоння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe jumătate treaz
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό ξύπνιοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- wakker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvvaken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv våken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-awake

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-AWAKE»

The term «half-awake» is regularly used and occupies the 76.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-AWAKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «half-awake» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «half-awake» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-awake

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-AWAKE»

Discover the use of half-awake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-awake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Half awake and half asleep in the water
This series of images by Japanese photographer Asako Narahashi has been exhibited in Japan to wide acclaim; this monograph marks its first publication in book form.
Asako Narahashi, 2007
2
The Christian's penny magazine, and friend of the people ...
ONLY HALF AWAKE. 59 which we are not working' for God, or preparing to work for him, witnesses to the fact that " we are only half awake." As the disciples of Jesus, we should be watching; watching the movements of our Master's foes, ...
Congregational union of England and Wales, John Campbell, 1854
3
Sermons from Duke Chapel: Voices from “A Great Towering Church”
The first is this: We are half awake when we sleep because we are half asleep when we are awake. We cannot sleep in bed at night in proper season because we sleep at our desk or in our pew out of season. You will note that Jesus did not  ...
William H. Willimon, 2005
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The early and the latter rain
ONLY HALF AWAKE. When the holy, active, and useful Legh Richmond was near his death, realizing the solemnities of eternity and the condition of the world, and looking over his own efforts, he said to a Christian friend, " -Brother, we are ...
James Smith, 1856
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The Practical Application of Medical and Dental Hypnosis
And at ten, you'll be half awake, and at five, almost awake. I'm going to have you stand up to do that. just stand up, Doctor, just stand up while you're still asleep. 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15—one~quarter of the way awake—14, 13, 12, 11, 10—and ...
Milton H. Erickson, Seymour Hershman, Irving I. Secter, 2014
6
A Fool’s Moon
Half-Awake. I awoke just after he'd risen to let his spigot flow. The periwinkle dawn had glowed in letterbox screen between the curtains. I stayed awake long enough to realize that I'd be late for work. I should've called off the night before, ...
Enid Aames, 2014
7
A Thread of Hope
Floating Floating off to sleep Half asleep half awake Living in my dream world Where my mind escapes At peace At rest Releasing all my cares To the clouds Floating off to sleep Half asleep half awake Living in my dream world I feel myself  ...
Denise Fletcherpeglerpegler, 2011
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
half-awake Tran: (noch/...) im Tran sein to hear/... s.th. while (one is) harf-awakc/ fal- ling asleep Halbschlaf: im Halbschlaf hören/... half-dark in the half-dark Halbdunkel: im Halbdunkel (der Nacht/(des Zimmers/...)) half-dressed half- dressed ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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VLSI Algorithms and Architectures: Aegean Workshop on ...
Thus, by rule 2.2, y becomes half-awake and sends the message on. In other words, the "claim" message originated by x will travel along the ring transforming every node (except x) into half-awake and will arrive at x at time t(x)+2n; when this ...
Fillia Makedon, Kurt Mehlhorn, T. Papatheodorou, 1986
10
Insights to the daf.
... "half-awake" to being asleep. Thus, the first six hours of the night, when David was half-awake, were not considered to be waking hours; he was awake only 18 hours. Other people, on the other hand, go to bed at the earliest at the beginning  ...
Kolel ʻIyun ha-daf (Jerusalem), 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-AWAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-awake is used in the context of the following news items.
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Single dad's 'survival mode'
It was that half-asleep, half-awake state where I somehow knew he wasn't in the house, but forgot where he had gone. Then I would realise and ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
The LiliLite Is A Genius Solution For Your Bedside Pile Of To-Be …
Few things are more fraught for a nighttime book reader than the half-awake search for a bookmark, or the onerous reach to a bedside lamp ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
​Noodle-licious! Indomie reports 10% sales increase during …
For sahur, many of us are still too half-awake to whip up a gourmet meal, so Indomie (or other brands – we don't discriminate) is an easy option. «Coconuts Jakarta, Jul 15»
4
The Kobolds of Tzarker Mines
Now don't get me wrong – I like for example multiple failures being required to awake the grick and a half-awake state at only +5 Perception DC ... «NERD TREK, Jul 15»
5
Film Review:
Whether it's footage of Amy applying spot cream with the charming angst of a disgruntled teenager or half-awake with a sleepy grin in the back ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Grierson & Leitch's Best Movies Of 2015 (Well, So Far)
... suffer from “sleep paralysis,” a condition that causes horrific visions on the sufferer when they are in a strange state of half-awake, half-asleep ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
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As Yanis Varoufakis revs off into the sunset, it's his substance I'll …
Back in January, when I was half-awake while listening to the interminable euro discussion, a man for whom English is a second language ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Pearl Harbor veterans share memories
His disbelieving, half-awake response: “Who's going to attack us?” “Then I came outside,” he said, “and saw the whole harbor was on fire.”. «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»
9
My midlife boyfriend: For grownups, dating is different
Seizing snatches of time between responsibilities and stealing half-awake, sleep-deprived kisses? And why was I okay with spending that little ... «Houston Chronicle, Jun 15»
10
Satyajit Ray's Lovely Apu Trilogy Has Been Given New Life
The glance of a joke that passes between them, telegraphed by Apu's wicked, half-awake smile and Aparna's mock annoyance, is one of the ... «Westword, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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