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wake up
verb
phrasal verb
US /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/
To stop sleeping; to awake.
intransitive
To awaken somebody.
transitive
To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
intransitive
Forms
he/she/it
wakes up
-ing form
waking up
past
woke up
,
waked up
past participle
woken up
,
waked up
Example sentences
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When I woke up, I was sad.
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Mathematics is the part of science you could continue to do if you woke up tomorrow and discovered the universe was gone.
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