wide-awake (redirected from wideawakeness)

wide-a·wake (wd-wk)

adj.

1. Completely awake.

2. Alert; watchful.

n.

See sooty tern.

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widea·wakeness n.

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wide-awake

adj (wide awake when postpositive)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) fully awake

2. keen, alert, or observant

n

(Clothing & Fashion) Also called wide-awake hat a hat with a low crown and very wide brim

wide-awakeness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wide-awake - fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night" unsleeping awake - not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
	2.	wide-awake - fully alert and watchful; "played heads-up ball" heads-up alert, watchful - engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

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wide-awake

adjective

1. conscious, fully awake, roused, wakened I could not relax and was still wide awake after midnight.

2. alert, vigilant, on the ball (informal), aware, keen, wary, watchful, observant, on the alert, on your toes, on the qui vive, heedful You need to stay alert and wide awake to avoid accidents as you drive.
alert distracted, unaware, preoccupied, oblivious, negligent, dreamy, heedless, inattentive, unobservant

Translations

wide-awake [ˈwaɪdəˈweɪk] ADJ

1. (lit) → completamente or bien despierto

2. (fig) (= on the ball) → despabilado; (= alert) → vigilante, alerta

wide-awake [ˌwaɪdəˈweɪk] adj → completamente sveglio/a (fig) → sveglio/a

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wide-awake [ˌwaɪdəˈweɪk] adj → completamente sveglio/a (fig) → sveglio/a