wide awake

See also: wideawake and wide-awake

English

Alternative forms

• wide-awake

Pronunciation

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Adjective

wide awake (comparative more wide awake, superlative most wide awake)

1. (idiomatic) awake and very alert; vigilant, watchful
   • 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:

     "They are almost awake, not quite," said Lucy. She knew she herself was wide awake, wider than anyone usually is.

   • 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1085:

     I woke with a start. With the blackout curtains closed I didn't know what time it was. I looked at my watch. It said four o'clock. I had been asleep for only two hours, but I was wide awake.

2. (figurative) keyed in or aware of things; not oblivious; woke.
   • 1984 April 21, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 19:

     LF 37, F 33, working class backgrounds, left-ish politics, seek wide-awake F 30+ to share friendly, indep apt.

Synonyms

• broad awake

Derived terms

• wideawake
• wido

Translations

awake and very alert

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完全清醒 (wánquán qīngxǐng)

• Danish: lysvågen
• Dutch: klaarwakker (nl)
• Finnish: täysin hereillä
• German: hellwach (de)
• Icelandic: glaðvakandi
• Irish: lánmhúscailte
• Latin: pervigil
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lys våken

• Polish: czujny (pl), uważny (pl)
• Russian: вполне́ очну́вшись от сна (vpolné očnúvšisʹ ot sna)
• Spanish: completamente despierto (es)

See also

• fast asleep