be awake
Eyes are open
To be awake is to be conscious and alert, not asleep: I've been awake since five this morning.
The phrase emphasizes a state rather than a transition—compare with wake up, which marks the moment of becoming conscious.
Are you awake?
She lay awake worrying about the exam.
- stay upNot go to bed
- burning the midnight oilWorking very late
- rousedStirred from slumber
- ariseCome into being
- consciousMentally present and alert
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