wide-awake

  • 81awake*/ — [əˈweɪk] adj I not sleeping I ve been awake for hours.[/ex] Do you lie awake at night, worrying about things?[/ex] I managed to stay awake long enough to watch the film.[/ex] We ve been kept awake all night by the noise.[/ex] When the alarm went… …

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  • 82wide — wideness, n. /wuyd/, adj., wider, widest, adv., n. adj. 1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard. 2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide. 3. of great horizontal extent;… …

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  • 83wide — /waɪd / (say wuyd) adjective (wider, widest) 1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad; not narrow. 2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three metres wide. 3. of great horizontal extent; extensive;… …

  • 84wide*/*/*/ — [waɪd] adj I 1) measuring a large distance from one side to the other Beijing s wide avenues and boulevards[/ex] An earthquake shook a wide area of southern Italy on Saturday.[/ex] 2) measuring a particular distance from one side to the other The …

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  • 85awake — 1. verb she awoke early Syn: wake up, wake, awaken, waken, stir, come to, come round, rouse, call 2. adjective 1) she was still awake Syn: sleepless, wide awake, restless …

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  • 86wide — [[t]waɪd[/t]] adj. wid•er, wid•est, adv. 1) of great extent from side to side; broad: a wide street[/ex] 2) having a specified extent from side to side: three feet wide[/ex] 3) vast; spacious: the wide plains[/ex] 4) of great range or scope: a… …

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  • 87awake — 1. adjective /əˈweɪk/ a) Not asleep; conscious. b) Alert, aware. Syn: conscious, lucid, wide awake Ant …

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  • 88awake — v 1. rouse, wake up, waken. See awaken . adj 2. waking, conscious, astir, up and about; alert, on the alert, wide awake, open eyed, aware, alive to, sharp; vigilant, watchful, circumspect, observant; attentive, heedful, mindful …

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  • 89Wide boy — is a British term for a man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it is synonymous with spiv. Newspapers of the late 1940s and 1950s often use both terms in the same article about the same person… …

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  • 90wide — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 covering a large area or range VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

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