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# wakefulness

«wakefulness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of being awake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (wakefulness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wakefulness is the state of being awake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#m1)

2) Wakefulness also means being unable to sleep when you want to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons on sleep, the body moves between sleep and wakefulness during a day; light and screens can cause wakefulness at night. In stories, a character's wakefulness at night shows worry or excitement. Phrases: «periods of wakefulness», «wakefulness at night».

### examples

- Coffee can cause wakefulness at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#x1)
- Babies have short periods of wakefulness between sleeps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#x2)
- The night before the trip, excitement kept me in a state of wakefulness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#x3)
- Bright screens before bed can lead to wakefulness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#x4)
- Owls are in their wakefulness at night and sleep by day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#x5)
- The doctor asked Gran about her wakefulness in the early morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. From «wakeful» (awake, not able to sleep) + «-ness». Formal word; everyday talk says «being awake» or «not being able to sleep».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wakefulness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.