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Etymology

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Fromwake +up.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wakeup (third-person singular simple presentwakes up,present participlewaking up,simple pastwoke uporwaked up,past participlewoken uporwaked up)

  1. (intransitive) To stop sleeping; toawake.
  2. (transitive) Toawaken somebody.
    Wake your brotherup; it's time for school.
    • 1935,George Goodchild, chapter 3, inDeath on the Centre Court:
      It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, andwake meup if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”
  3. (intransitive) To become more aware of a real-lifesituation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
    Some businesses were slow towake up to the importance of the Internet.
    That's the third time you've made the same mistake.Wake up!
    • 2023 May 31, “Network News: Action suspended on Elizabeth line”, inRAIL, number984, page21:
      "Elizabeth line staff are multi-skilled and operate the world's only fully digital railway, but many earn significantly less than other TfL staff in similar roles.That is clearly not an acceptable or sustainable position, and it looks as though the company iswaking up to the fact."

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Translations

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to (become) awake
to awaken (someone else)
to become more aware of a real-life situation.

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