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woke

woke
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wohk]
    • /woʊk/
    • /wəʊk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wohk]
    • /woʊk/

Definitions of woke word

  • verb woke a simple past tense of wake1 . 1
  • adjective woke actively aware of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those related to civil and human rights: In light of recent incidents of police brutality, it’s important to stay woke. He took one African American history class and now he thinks he’s woke. 1
  • adjective woke aware of the facts, true situation, etc. (sometimes used facetiously): The moon landing was staged. Stay woke! A tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable. Stay woke. 1
  • adjective woke awake: I had to drink lots of coffee this morning to stay woke. 1
  • verb without object woke to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up). 1
  • verb without object woke to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams. 1

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Origin of woke

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 Woke

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

woke popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% 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".

woke usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for woke

verb woke

  • awakened — Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping.
  • stirred — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
  • roused — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
  • wakened — to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
  • aroused — in a state of sexual arousal

noun woke

  • watched — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • waved — having a form, outline, or appearance resembling waves; undulating.
  • furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
  • trained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
  • washed — Simple past tense and past participle of wash.

Antonyms for woke

verb woke

  • stifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.

Top questions with woke

  • what does woke mean?
  • when i woke up this morning?

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