How to spell wake

Wake is spelled W-A-K-E.

hear itwake/weɪk/verbStarter

What it means: To stop sleeping.

In a sentence: I wake up early in the morning to see the sunrise.

Same family: awake, waking, woke, awaken, aftereffect. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Wake comes from Old English 'wacu,' meaning a watch or vigil, especially held after a death. The modern phrase 'in the wake of' likely compares the consequences that follow an event to the disturbed water that follows behind a moving boat.

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