wakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of wake
1
as in awakens
to cause to stop sleeping my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

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2
as in awakes
to cease to be asleep I woke with a start when the door slammed

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3
as in warns
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

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Recent Examples of wakes The speaker in Hirshfield’s poem wakes twice, inviting us to consider both a physical awakening and a spiritual one. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2026 A couple in crisis wakes to find their apartment sealed off by a mysterious, unbreakable substance. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026 Every morning, Chef wakes Tony with a bucket of cold seawater. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 After their first union, Eamonn (the handsome son, of course) wakes to Aneeka praying. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 The mango papaya salad wakes the table up quickly with spicy chili ginger cashew, watermelon radish, peanuts, and Thai basil. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026 The squalling of a blue jay wakes me. — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 These memories of his brief, sad human life are uneasy dreams that Lestat wakes from on his tour bus as the sun sets over the road to Toledo. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wakes
  1. awakens
  2. awakes
  3. warns
  4. rouses
  5. alerts
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  • The Hulu series also stars Sam Nivola as a teenager who awakens from a coma after an accident believing his mother (Britton) is an impostor.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • And yet, if someone earnestly explores the merits of the zodiac or crystal healing at a dinner party, my inner cynic awakens.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of awakens
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  • While preparing for a trip, he is rendered unconscious using knockout gas and awakes to find himself inside a perfect recreation of his own home, but this one is located in a mysterious settlement known as The Village.
    — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Just at that moment, Jamie — our dream lover in every sense — awakes with a jolt.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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  • The bank still calls Nvidia the sector’s best risk-reward opportunity but warns that financing pressures, power shortages, and concentrated customers could threaten the buildout.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While agreeing that batteries play a key role in cutting emissions from transport and power generation, the study warns that emissions from producing them could rise sharply if manufacturing expands without cleaner processes.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of warns
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  • Carl lowers his head like a hitter hit by a pitch, then rouses himself and breaks into a stiff, elderly trot, shooting a salute over at whoever’s inside the tilted little guard hut.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The 2026 club just might be the team that rouses them.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Definition of rouses
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  • This alerts your wireless carrier and can help its spam detection efforts.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Thomas shocks Vision back to life, but this somehow alerts Butcherbird; Vision’s mindscape fills with oppressive red lighting, ominously circling birds, and TVs crackling with static.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of alerts

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“Wakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wakes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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