wake up
Third Person
wakes up
Present Participle
waking up
Past Tense
woke up
Past Participle
woken up
1
to no longer be asleep
- I remind her to wake up early for her flight tomorrow.
- I wake up early every morning to go for a run.
- She woke up late and had to rush to catch the bus.
- They usually wake up at 7 o'clock on weekdays.
- We should wake up early to catch the sunrise at the beach.
Antonyms:
2
to become aware of something, especially something important, unpleasant, or surprising
transitive
- The financial struggle woke up the family to the importance of budgeting.
- The conversation woke up the employees to the changes in company policy.
- The experience woke up a new understanding of life in him.
- The incident woke up the community to the need for better safety measures.