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Definition of wakeful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wakeful

adjective
 
/ˈweɪkfl/
 
/ˈweɪkfl/
(formal)
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  1. not sleeping; unable to sleep synonym sleepless
    • He lay wakeful all night.
  2. (of a period at night) spent with little or no sleep synonym sleepless
    • She had spent many wakeful nights worrying about him.
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