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wakefulness
(encz) | wakefulness,bdělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wakefulness
(gcide) | Wakeful \Wake"ful\, a.
Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
[1913 Webster]
Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster] -- Wake"ful*ly, adv. -- Wake"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
wakefulness
(wn) | wakefulness
n 1: a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware
of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane
person is pretty well ordered and familiar"
2: a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to
sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary
way is more likely to come" [syn: wakefulness,
sleeplessness] [ant: drowsiness, sleepiness,
somnolence]
3: the process of paying close and continuous attention;
"wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good
hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
[syn: watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance,
alertness] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
wakefulness
(encz) | wakefulness,bdělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
wakefulness
(wn) | wakefulness
n 1: a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware
of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane
person is pretty well ordered and familiar"
2: a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to
sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary
way is more likely to come" [syn: wakefulness,
sleeplessness] [ant: drowsiness, sleepiness,
somnolence]
3: the process of paying close and continuous attention;
"wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good
hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
[syn: watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance,
alertness] |
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