Meaning of "woke" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF WOKE

woke  [wəʊk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOKE

Woke is a verb.

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

See the conjugation of the verb woke in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WOKE

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 woke

you would woke

he/she/it would woke

we would woke

you would woke

they would woke

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 woke

you would have woke

he/she/it would have woke

we would have woke

you would have woke

they would have woke

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 «WOKE»

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

synonyms of woke

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

TRANSLATION OF WOKE

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 醒来
• Translator English - Spanish: despertó
• English: woke
• Translator English - Hindi: उठा
• Translator English - Arabic: استيقظ
• Translator English - Russian: проснулся
• Translator English - Portuguese: acordou
• Translator English - Bengali: woke
• Translator English - French: réveillé
• Translator English - Malay: Bangun
• Translator English - German: wachte
• Translator English - Japanese: 目が覚めた
• Translator English - Korean: 보니
• Translator English - Javanese: Tangi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tỉnh
• Translator English - Tamil: விழித்தேன்
• Translator English - Marathi: झोके
• Translator English - Turkish: uyandı
• Translator English - Italian: svegliò
• Translator English - Polish: obudziłem
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прокинувся
• Translator English - Romanian: sa trezit
• Translator English - Greek: ξύπνησε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wakker
• Translator English - Swedish: vaknade
• Translator English - Norwegian: våknet

10 QUOTES WITH «WOKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word woke.

1

Jack Henry Abbott

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.

2

Andre Agassi

My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played before school. We played after school. We woke up. We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order.

3

Cameron van der Burgh

I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. That's when I realized that since the age of 10 I've been using 2012 as my pin number. But now that I've won gold in the 2012 Olympics, I've achieved that goal and, for the first time in 14 years, I'll have to change my pin.

4

Lord Byron

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

5

Jim Capaldi

I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?

6

Nayvadius Cash

The weirdest place I ever actually woke up in was a villa on the beach in Mexico. It was burning hot, and there were all these crabs walking around me. But I was feeling good, so I went with the vibe.

7

Alex Chilton

It's been like a bad dream I never woke from.

8

Bruce Cockburn

I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.'

9

Rodney Dangerfield

I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.

10

Les Dawson

I went to the doctor last week. I said: 'Can I have some sleeping pills for the wife?' He said: 'Why?' I said: 'She's woke up.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOKE»

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

When She Woke

Hannah Payne is a RED. Her crime: MURDER. And her victim, says the state of Texas, was her unborn child.

Hillary Jordan, 2012

Georges Woke Up Laughing: Long-Distance Nationalism and the ...

In Georges Woke Up Laughing the authors reveal the realities and dilemmas that underlie the efforts of long-distance nationalists to redefine citizenship, race, nationality, and political loyalty.

Nina Glick Schiller, Georges Eugene Fouron, 2001

I Woke Up One Day And I Was 40: A Man's Guide to Fitness And ...

Speaking directly to men, this book is a personal narrative about one man who "woke up one day and was 40" and provides all the information and tips you need to be as healthy and fit as possible once you hit 40 and beyond.

Tony Vercillo, 2005

Woke Me Up This Morning: Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel ...

Where the gospel singer uses "The Lord woke me up this morning" as a prelude to a catalog of blessings, the blues singer says, "I woke up this morning," following it with an observation or a declaration — "I woke up this morning/Blues all ...

Alan Young, 1997

When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus

A little boy with a big imagination pretends to be many different things over the course of his busy day and gets into all sorts of mischief along the way!

Tom MacRae, 2011

When the dolls woke

Long neglected dolls come awake and help their new owner and her elderly aunt find a treasure hidden in their dollhouse years ago.

Marjorie Stover, 1985

When the Sleepers Woke

Only two small groups of people—enemies—survive the vast desolation of the Final War.

Arthur Leo Zagat, 2014

I Never Woke Up 'Til I Was Forty

Annie Bloom has just turned forty.

Martha Knight Foster, 2003

My Pain Woke Me Up - Bliss: A Survivor's Tale of Love, Life, ...

MY PAIN WOKE ME UP BLISS is the first in a three-book series of a fictionalized account of true story, focused on survivorship.

Jean Criss, 2012

Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times: Selected Haiku of Basho

Vivid new translations of Basho's popular haiku, in a selected format ideal for newcomers as well as fans long familiar with the Japanese master.

Matsuo Basho, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOKE»

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

The stuff of nightmares ... Alison Divers woke up to discover her …

But this is exactly what happened, in her words, to Alison Divers, in what can only be likened to a real life horror story, after she woke up from an operation in a ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»

British woman who woke up with Chinese accent after stroke …

A British woman who woke up with a Chinese accent after suffering a stroke is devastated - after being told the side effect is permanent. Sarah Colwill's strong ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Officials: Woman Escapes From House Fire After Dog Woke Her

The Vermillion Rural Fire Department says the woman told officials that her dog woke her up twice Saturday morning in her bedroom on the second floor of the ... «KDLT News, Jun 15»

Mum woke up screaming in middle of the night 'to find 14-year-old …

A mother woke up in the night to find her 14-year-old son raping her, a court heard. Initially she thought it was a dream, but after realising the "enormity of the ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»

Woman says she woke up 17 years younger, thought the year was …

But this was no movie for Manchester resident Naomi Jacobs, who says she lived that nightmare in 2008. She told the BBC she woke up one morning shocked ... «Fox 59, Apr 15»

This 32-Year-Old Woman Woke Up Thinking She Was 15 Again

sure makes for charming film fodder, but can you even imagine that happening to you in real life? It actually, really did for Naomi Jacobs, who, in 2008, woke up ... «Elle.com, Apr 15»

My son woke from coma addicted to cheese and swearing

A mother has told how her teenage son woke from a coma – addicted to cheese and with a filthy mouth. Kai Thomas, 15, suffered a sudden, potentially ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»

Father of murder victim Ozgecan Aslan: 'A country woke up'

"A country woke up," Aslan's father, Mehmet Aslan, told CNN in a phone interview. "There was no way for so many people to come together over a single killing. «CNN, Mar 15»

Castrated ... this married TV presenter took a blonde strange to a …

He said he woke up the next day with a sore crotch and blood on his pants. “I met a girl at the bar and then we went to the sauna in a taxi. I remember that I had a ... «NEWS.com.au, Feb 15»

Midwest miracle: Woman woke up hours before she was going to be …

Teri Roberts's family thought she didn't have much time left. Weeks had passed since the 56-year-old Nebraska woman fell ill and was hospitalized with what ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»