🇬🇧🇨🇳 wakefulness - 觉醒 : English Lesson

Meaning of "wakefulness" ("觉醒"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Wakefulness is the state of being awake, alert, and not sleepy. When you are in a state of wakefulness, your eyes are open, your brain is paying attention, and you are ready to think, move, and learn. For example, you feel full of wakefulness in the morning after a good night’s sleep, but you lose that wakefulness when you start yawning and wanting to curl up and nap.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The class’s wakefulness rose by 200% when the teacher said, “This will not be on the test.”

Grandpa claimed he had perfect wakefulness, then fell asleep in the middle of his own story.

I drank so much water that my main source of wakefulness became sprinting to the bathroom.

I tried to fake wakefulness by propping my eyelids open with my fingers.

In science, wakefulness is studied in sleep labs, where people nap for research—proving that sometimes the best way to learn about being awake is by watching people fall asleep.

She sat by the crib, the lamp low. Wakefulness held her as the baby breathed. Wakefulness kept her hand on the small back; wakefulness kept her listening to each soft sigh. Her quiet wakefulness kept the window closed against the cold. Wakefulness hummed softly in the room. She smiled and let sleep come.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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