be awake

verb

To not sleep, to stay awake. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Opposite
sleep
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Meanings

verbbe awake (third-person singular simple present is awake, present participle being awake, simple past was awake, past participle been awake)

present singular third person is awake · participle present being awake · past was awake · participle past been awake

  1. To not sleep, to stay awake. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
sleep

Translations

Arabic يَقِظَ, يَقُظَ
  • يَقِظَ (yaqiẓa)to not sleep
  • يَقُظَ (yaquẓa)to not sleep
Bulgarian бодърствам
  • бодърствам (bodărstvam)to not sleep
Chinese Mandarin 醒
  • 醒 (xǐng)to not sleep
Czech bdít
  • bdítto not sleep
Dutch waken
  • wakento not sleep
Finnish olla hereillä, valvoa
  • olla hereilläto not sleep
  • valvoato not sleep
French veiller
  • veillerto not sleep
German wachen
  • wachento not sleep
Hungarian ébren van
  • ébren vanto not sleep
Japanese 起きる
  • 起きる (okiru)to not sleep
Polish obudzony
  • obudzonyto not sleep
Romanian a fi treaz
  • a fi treazto not sleep
Russian бо́дрствовать, бдеть
  • бо́дрствовать (bódrstvovatʹ)to not sleep
  • бдеть (bdetʹ)to not sleep
Tamil விழித்திரு
  • விழித்திரு (viḻittiru)to not sleep
Vietnamese thức
  • thứcto not sleep
Cite this entry
APA

be awake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20awake

MLA

“be awake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20awake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be awake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20awake.

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