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awoken

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate UK //ɐwˈəʊkən// awo·ken Archaic Dialect

v. the past participle of 'awake'. It means you have stopped sleeping and are now conscious. You use it to describe someone who has just opened their eyes.

v. the past participle of 'awake', meaning to cease sleeping and become conscious. Often used in the passive voice to describe a state of being roused from sleep.


SIMPLE

The loud noise finally awoken the sleeping children.

CONTEXTUAL

The sudden alarm clock had awoken the entire household before the sun even began to rise.

COMPLEX

The gentle sound of the ocean waves eventually awoken the hikers, who had fallen asleep in their tents after a long day of climbing.

Synonyms
Origin

Morphologically awoke + -n.

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