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waker

wake
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [weyk]
    • /weɪk/
    • /ˈweɪkə /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [weyk]
    • /weɪk/

Definitions of waker word

  • verb without object waker to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up). 1
  • verb without object waker to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams. 1
  • verb without object waker to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation. 1
  • verb without object waker to be or continue to be awake: Whether I wake or sleep, I think of you. 1
  • verb without object waker to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.: I will wake until you return. 1
  • verb without object waker to hold a wake over a corpse. 1

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Origin of waker

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) in sense “to become awake” continuing Middle English waken, Old English *wacan (found only in past tense wōc and the compounds onwacan, āwacan to become awake; see awake (v.)); in sense “to be awake” continuing Middle English waken, Old English wacian (cognate with Old Frisian wakia, Old Saxon wakōn, Old Norse vaka, Gothic wakan); in sense “to rouse from sleep” continuing Middle English waken, replacing Middle English wecchen, Old English weccan, probably altered by association with the other senses and with the k of Old Norse vaka; (noun) Middle English: state of wakefulness, vigil (late Middle English: vigil over a dead body), probably continuing Old English *wacu (found only in nihtwacu night-watch); all ultimately < Germanic *wak- be lively; akin to watch, vegetable, vigil

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Parts of speech for Waker

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

waker popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".

waker usage trend in Literature

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