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# wakeful

adjective (wakeful)

«wakeful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not able to sleep, or awake when you would normally sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#m1)
2. Watchful and alert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used mostly in stories and formal writing: «a wakeful night» means a night with little sleep. In health lessons, screens before bed can make children wakeful.

### Examples

- The storm gave us a wakeful night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#x1)
- The baby was wakeful and cried until morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#x2)
- Fizzy drinks before bed can make you wakeful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#x3)
- A wakeful guard watched the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#x4)
- She lay wakeful, thinking about the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#x5)
- The puppy was wakeful on its first night at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#x6)
- The nobleman felt that he must taste of these apples or die; but the wakeful huntsman rushed up and cut down the apple-tree, whereupon apples and apple-tree turned to ashes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/#x7)

### Note

Fairly formal or bookish; everyday: «awake», «couldn't sleep». Noun: wakefulness. Opposite: sleepy, drowsy.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wakeful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wakeful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wakeful.html) on Mova free.