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- [wahyd uh-weyk]
- /waɪd əˈweɪk/
- /waɪd əˈweɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wahyd uh-weyk]
- /waɪd əˈweɪk/
Definitions of wide-awake word
- adjective wide-awake fully awake; with the eyes wide open. 1
- adjective wide-awake alert, keen, or knowing: a wide-awake young woman. 1
- noun wide-awake Also called wide-awake hat. a soft, low-crowned felt hat. 1
- noun wide-awake the sooty tern. 1
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Origin of wide-awake
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20
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Parts of speech for Wide-awake
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wide-awake popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for wide-awake
adj wide-awake
- advertent — paying attention; heedful
- all ears — If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen.
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
adjective wide-awake
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- awake — Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- glued — Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- insomnious — (archaic) restless; sleepless.
- jazzed — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
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