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Wide-awake

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Adjective

1. unsleeping, wide-awake

fully awake

Example Sentences:
'the unsleeping city'
'so excited she was wide-awake all night'

2. heads-up, wide-awake

fully alert and watchful

Example Sentences:
'played heads-up ball'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wide-awake

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adjective
1. 
fully awake
I could not relax and still felt wide awake.
There was a loud crack, and suddenly he was wide awake.
2. 
keen, alert, or observant
You also need to be wide awake to avoid accidents as you drive.
adjective (wide awake when postpositive)
1. 
fully awake
2. 
keen, alert, or observant
noun
3. Also called: wide-awake hat
a hat with a low crown and very wide brim

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Wide-awake

see synonyms of wide-awake
adjective
1. 
completely awake
2. 
alert

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wide-awake

see synonyms of wide-awake
adj.
1. Completely awake.
2. Alert; watchful.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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