- wakeful night
- sleepless night
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
wakeful night
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wakeful — [wāk′fəl] adj. 1. keeping awake; not sleeping 2. alert; watchful; vigilant 3. a) unable to sleep b) sleepless [a wakeful night] wakefully adv. wakefulness n … English World dictionary
wakeful — wakefully, adv. wakefulness, n. /wayk feuhl/, adj. 1. unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful. 2. characterized by absence of sleep: a wakeful night. 3. watchful; alert; vigilant: a wakeful foe.… … Universalium
wakeful — /ˈweɪkfəl/ (say waykfuhl) adjective 1. indisposed or unable to sleep, as a person. 2. characterised by absence of sleep: a wakeful night. 3. watchful or vigilant: a wakeful foe. {wake1 + ful} –wakefully, adverb –wakefulness, noun …
wakeful — wake|ful [ weıkfəl ] adjective not able to sleep a. used for describing a period of time during which you are not able to sleep: a wakeful night ╾ wake|ful|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wakeful — UK [ˈweɪkf(ə)l] / US [ˈweɪkfəl] adjective a) not able to sleep b) used for describing a period of time during which you are not able to sleep a wakeful night Derived word: wakefulness noun uncountable … English dictionary
wakeful — wake•ful [[t]ˈweɪk fəl[/t]] adj. 1) unable to sleep 2) sleepless: a wakeful night[/ex] • Etymology: 1540–50 wake′ful•ly, adv. wake′ful•ness, n … From formal English to slang
night owl — (also night bird) ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night … English terms dictionary
Wakeful (racehorse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Wakeful caption = sire = Trenton grandsire = Musket dam = Insomnia damsire = Robinson Crusoe sex = Mare foaled = 1896 country = Australia colour = Bay breeder = owner = trainer = record = 44: 25 12 4… … Wikipedia
wakeful — wake|ful [ˈweıkfəl] adj literary a) not sleeping or unable to sleep ▪ She lay wakeful in her room for most of the night. b) a wakeful period of time is one when you cannot sleep >wakefulness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
wakeful — adjective 1 a) unable to sleep: lying wakeful in the hot night b) a wakeful period of time is one when you cannot sleep 2 formal ready to do whatever is necessary wakefulness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
