half-awake

half-a·wake

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [haf, hahf uh-weyk]
- /hæf, hɑf əˈweɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [haf, hahf uh-weyk]
- /hæf, hɑf əˈweɪk/

Definitions of half-awake word

adjective half-awake waking; not sleeping. 1
adjective half-awake vigilant; alert: They were awake to the danger. 1
adjective half-awake not fully awake 0
adjective half-awake Barely awake. 0

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Origin of half-awake

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English awaken, Old English awacen, past participle of awæcnan; see a1, waken

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Parts of speech for Half-awake

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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awake

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