Word
awoken
Phoneticsawo·ken
UK/ɐwˈəʊkən/
Definition
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.
Examples
“The loud noise finally awoken the sleeping children.”
“The sudden alarm clock had awoken the entire household before the sun even began to rise.”
“The gentle sound of the ocean waves eventually awoken the hikers, who had fallen asleep in their tents after a long day of climbing.”
Examples
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.”
Etymology
Morphologically awoke + -n.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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