wake-up call

wake-up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [weyk-uhp]
- /ˈweɪkˌʌp/
- /weɪk ʌp kɔːl /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [weyk-uhp]
- /ˈweɪkˌʌp/

Definitions of wake-up call words

noun wake-up call an act or instance of waking up. 1
noun wake-up call an act or instance of being awakened: I asked the hotel desk for a wake-up at 6. 1
noun wake-up call a time of awaking or being awakened: I'll need a 5 o'clock wake-up to make the early plane. 1
noun wake-up call flicker2 . 1
adjective wake-up call serving to wake one from sleep: Tell the front desk you want a wake-up call. 1
adjective wake-up call serving to arouse or alert: a wake-up call on the problems of pollution. 1

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Origin of wake-up call

First appearance:

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

First recorded in 1835-45; noun, adj. use of verb phrase wake up

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Parts of speech for Wake-up call

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wake-up call

wake-up call popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for wake-up call

noun wake-up call

advisory — An advisory group regularly gives suggestions and help to people or organizations, especially about a particular subject or area of activity.

Just one Synonym for wake-up call