Vocabulary

Form

to wake up; to awake

verb vi
N1 freq #33

Example sentences

The fuel shortage awoke the country to the need for developing atomic energy.

Tokyo, which is the largest city in Japan, is awake 24 hours.

It's much less usual for a person to be politically aware than to be politically active.

It goes without saying that those who are awake to their own rights must respect those of others.

I was roused by the sound of a bell.

I've never woken up this early.

It was broad daylight when I woke up.

The sun had already risen when I woke up.