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wake·ful

(wāk′fəl)

adj.

a. Not sleeping or not able to sleep.

b. Without sleep; sleepless.

2. Watchful; alert.

wake′ful·ly adv.

wake′ful·ness n.

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Noun	1.	wakefulness - a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar" waking - the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking" arousal - awakening from sleep vigil - a period of sleeplessness physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
	2.	wakefulness - a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come" sleeplessness temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolence - a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
	3.	wakefulness - the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue" alertness, vigilance, watchfulness attention - the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention" jealousy - zealous vigilance; "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard

wakefulness

noun

The condition of being alert:

alertness, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness.

Translations

إسْتيقاظ، أرَق، عَدَم النَّوْم

søvnløshed

Schlaflosigkeit

insomnie

andvaka, svefnleysi; árvekni

uykusuzluk

失眠

wakefulness

[ˈweɪkfʊlnɪs] N

1. (= sleeplessness) → insomnia f, desvelo m

2. (frm) (= watchfulness) → vigilancia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wakefulness

[ˈweɪkfʊlnɪs] n → difficultés fpl à trouver le sommeil

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wakefulness

n (= sleeplessness) → Schlaflosigkeit f; (= alertness) → Wachsamkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wake¹

(weik) – past tense woke (wouk) (rare) waked: past participle woken (ˈwoukən) , (rare) waked – verb

to bring or come back to consciousness after being asleep. He woke to find that it was raining; Go and wake the others, will you?

ˈwakeful adjective

1. not asleep; not able to sleep. a wakeful child.

2. (of a night) in which one gets little sleep. We spent a wakeful night worrying about her.

ˈwakefully adverb

ˈwakefulness noun

ˈwaken verb

to wake. What time are you going to waken him?; I wakened early.

wake up

1. to wake. Wake up! You're late; The baby woke up in the middle of the night.

2. to become aware of. It is time you woke up to the fact that you are not working hard enough.

wakefulness

n. dificultad para dormir, insomnio.

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Nor did the striking of the clocks, hour after hour, appear to inspire him with any sense of drowsiness or any natural desire to go to rest, but rather to increase his wakefulness, which he showed, at every such indication of the progress of the night, by a suppressed cackling in his throat, and a motion of his shoulders, like one who laughs heartily but the same time slyly and by stealth.

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