Meaning of "wake" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WAKE

Old English wacian; related to Old Frisian wakia, Old High German wahtēn.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WAKE

wake  [weɪk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAKE

Wake is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wake in English.

WHAT DOES WAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wake

A wake is the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary solid body, caused by the flow of surrounding fluid around the body.

Definition of wake in the English dictionary

The first definition of wake in the dictionary is to rouse or become roused from sleep. Other definition of wake is to rouse or become roused from inactivity. Wake is also to become conscious or aware.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WAKE

PRESENT

Present

I wake

you wake

he/she/it wakes

we wake

you wake

they wake

Present continuous

I am waking

you are waking

he/she/it is waking

we are waking

you are waking

they are waking

Present perfect

I have woken

you have woken

he/she/it has woken

we have woken

you have woken

they have woken

Present perfect continuous

I have been waking

you have been waking

he/she/it has been waking

we have been waking

you have been waking

they have been waking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I woke

you woke

he/she/it woke

we woke

you woke

they woke

Past continuous

I was waking

you were waking

he/she/it was waking

we were waking

you were waking

they were waking

Past perfect

I had woken

you had woken

he/she/it had woken

we had woken

you had woken

they had woken

Past perfect continuous

I had been waking

you had been waking

he/she/it had been waking

we had been waking

you had been waking

they had been waking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will wake

you will wake

he/she/it will wake

we will wake

you will wake

they will wake

Future continuous

I will be waking

you will be waking

he/she/it will be waking

we will be waking

you will be waking

they will be waking

Future perfect

I will have woken

you will have woken

he/she/it will have woken

we will have woken

you will have woken

they will have woken

Future perfect continuous

I will have been waking

you will have been waking

he/she/it will have been waking

we will have been waking

you will have been waking

they will have been waking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would wake

you would wake

he/she/it would wake

we would wake

you would wake

they would wake

Conditional continuous

I would be waking

you would be waking

he/she/it would be waking

we would be waking

you would be waking

they would be waking

Conditional perfect

I would have wake

you would have wake

he/she/it would have wake

we would have wake

you would have wake

they would have wake

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been waking

you would have been waking

he/she/it would have been waking

we would have been waking

you would have been waking

they would have been waking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you wake
we let´s wake
you wake

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to wake

Past participle

woken

Present Participle

waking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WAKE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wake» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of wake

arise · arouse · awake · awaken · backwash · bestir · call up · come to · conjure up · deathwatch · evoke · excite · funeral · get up · give rise to · induce · path · recall · reignite · rekindle · renew · revive · rouse · slipstream · stimulate · stir · stir up · tangi · track · trail · train · vigil · waken · wash · watch

TRANSLATION OF WAKE

Find out the translation of wake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wake» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 醒来/唤醒
• Translator English - Spanish: despertar
• English: wake
• Translator English - Hindi: जाग
• Translator English - Arabic: استيقظ
• Translator English - Russian: проснуться
• Translator English - Portuguese: acordar
• Translator English - Bengali: উঠা
• Translator English - French: se réveiller
• Translator English - Malay: Bangun
• Translator English - German: erwachen
• Translator English - Japanese: 起こす/起きる
• Translator English - Korean: 잠이 깨다
• Translator English - Javanese: Tangi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thức
• Translator English - Tamil: எழுப்ப
• Translator English - Marathi: जागे होणे
• Translator English - Turkish: uyanmak
• Translator English - Italian: svegliare
• Translator English - Polish: obudzić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прокинутися
• Translator English - Romanian: trezi
• Translator English - Greek: ξυπνήσει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wakker
• Translator English - Swedish: vakna
• Translator English - Norwegian: våkne

10 QUOTES WITH «WAKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wake.

1

Ami Ayalon

You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel.

2

Pearl Bailey

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

3

Adrienne Bailon

I feel like in L.A., you wake up, you put your diamond studs on, put your workout gear, your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day.

4

Ernie Banks

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.

5

Richard Barnfield

He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part.

6

Cilla Black

I just thank God when I wake up every day.

7

Benny Blanco

My studio's always in my house. I want to wake up and be like, 'You know I'm gonna make music today in my underwear. You know what, I'm gonna be in my pajamas. You know what, I'm actually just gonna stay inside for the next three days so I can make music.'

8

Jack Bruce

I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton.

9

Bryan Clay

I train six to seven hours every single day. I wake up six days a week and know that it's going to be the same thing.

10

Gary Cohn

Keep yourself motivated. You've got to be motivated, you've got to wake up every day and understand what that day is about; you've got to have personal goals - short term goals, intermediate goals, and long term goals. Be flexible in getting to those goals, but if you do not have goals, you will not achieve them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAKE»

Discover the use of wake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Wake

This is the nightmare that she keeps falling into, the one where, for the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant…

Lisa McMann, 2010

Wake

Fall under the spell of Wake—the first book in an achingly beautiful new series by celebrated author Amanda Hocking—and lose yourself to the Watersong.

Amanda Hocking, 2012

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Somehow, in her mind, she has become Chana, a Jewish girl fighting for her own life in the ghettos and concentration camps of World War II. Han Nolan offers powerful insight into one young woman's survival through the Holocaust and another ...

Han Nolan, 2003

Blizzard's Wake

In March of 1941, when a severe blizzard suddenly hits Bismarck, North Dakota, a girl trying to save her stranded father and brother inadvertently helps the man who killed her mother four years before.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, 2002

Wake Up, Sir!: A Novel

Alan Blair, the hero of Wake Up, Sir! Well, read the book and find out!

Jonathan Ames, 2007

Before I Wake

I died on a Thursday—killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul.

Rachel Vincent, 2012

Finnegans Wake

In Chapelizod, a suburb of Dublin, an innkeeper and his family are sleeping.

James Joyce, Robbert-Jan Henkes, Erik Bindervoet, 2012

Alan Wake

Welcome to Bright Falls-a seemingly idyllic small town in the Pacific Northwest. The perfect place for Alan Wake, a bestselling crime novelist, and his wife, Alice, to relax for a few weeks.

Rick Burroughs, 2011

Wake the Town & Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica

But beyond its importance as the 'first' study of dancehall, this book is outstanding because of its theoretical sophistication, its comprehensive scope, and its firm grounding in extensive fieldwork among dancehall participants.

Norman C. Stolzoff, 2000

In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems

In this timely book, Stephen Kellert takes the first sustained look at the broad intellectual and philosophical questions raised by recent advances in chaos theory—its implications for science as a source of knowledge and for the very ...

Stephen H. Kellert, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wake is used in the context of the following news items.

Wake Held for Mass. Native Killed Fighting ISIS

Clergy members and police directed mourners into the wake Tuesday evening for 36-year-old Keith Broomfield at Grace Baptist Church in Hudson. Broomfield ... «NECN, Jun 15»

Wake Forest Baptist CEO talks about changing exec structure

With the departure of two top executives this week, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has made tweaks to its executive organizational structure — one that ... «Triad Business Journal, Mar 15»

Florida hotel blasts The Lion King theme as spring break wake-up call

That's pretty much the wake-up call during spring-break season at the Holiday Inn Resort in Panama City – and people love it. Each late-morning, when it ... «USA TODAY College, Mar 15»

Wake Forest's Danny Manning set for ACC debut at home

When Wake Forest takes the floor for the second game of the 2015 ACC tournament Tuesday afternoon against Virginia Tech, Deacons head coach Danny ... «News & Observer, Mar 15»

Grayson Allen scores 27 as No. 3 Duke rolls past Wake Forest

Grayson Allen scored a season-best 27 points, and Duke routed Wake Forest 94-51 on Wednesday night for its 10th straight win. "It wasn't really me waiting for a ... «ESPN, Mar 15»

Bruce Willis Action Pic 'Wake' Closes Down Amid Financing Woes

Financing problems have shut down production of action-thriller “Wake,” starring Bruce Willis, which had been shooting in Cleveland. “Benaroya Pictures is ... «Variety, Feb 15»

Short-handed Virginia thumps Wake Forest in 36-point rout

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- No. 2 Virginia didn't have two starters. Wake Forest never had a chance. The Cavaliers earned their seventh straight win by routing ... «ESPN, Feb 15»

Malcolm Brogdon steal helps No. 2 Virginia beat Wake Forest by 1

Brogdon found himself matched up one-on-one with Wake Forest's best crunch time player, Codi Miller-McIntyre, and had to figure the outcome was hanging in ... «ESPN, Feb 15»

No. 15 UNC beats Wake Forest 87-71 for 4th straight win

Kennedy Meeks scored 12 of his 16 points after halftime to help North Carolina pull away and beat Wake Forest 87-71 on Wednesday night, giving the Tar Heels ... «ESPN, Jan 15»

ACC cuts ties with referee accused of using ethnic slur at Wake …

From left: Officials Sean Hall and Karl Hess joke with fomer Wake Forest University star Ish Smith during a basketball game between Georgia Tech and Wake ... «myfox8.com, Jan 15»