woke

verb

variants also waked
Definition of wokenext
past tense of wake
1
as in awoke
to cause to stop sleeping my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

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2
as in awaked
to cease to be asleep I woke with a start when the door slammed

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3
as in alerted
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
  1. awoke
  2. awakened
  3. warned
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  • Residents of parts of upstate New York and Vermont awoke to winter-like weather Thursday morning, including the earliest a foot of snow has fallen in the higher elevations of the Green Mountain state in 14 years.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Series creator Ryan Murphy explains to Variety that the real Lois was the one who awoke from her coma, and that everything in the season’s first six episodes was a dream.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of awoke
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  • However, when Yeon Sang-ho’s blockbuster Train to Busan took the global box office by storm in 2016, the Korean industry awakened to the economic beast of Korean zombie IP.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • By the time the 2020 election rolled around, the political establishment had awakened and thrown its entire weight behind Joe Biden.
    Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of awakened
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  • Khamenei reportedly warned Nasrallah in the days leading up to his September 27 assassination to leave Lebanon.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, the Biden administration warned that pausing the rule would harm downwind states and tribal communities that live near power plants.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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