Awake and Known

Awake

Awake adjective - Not sleeping or able to sleep.

Known and awake are semantically related in aware topic. In some cases you can use "Known" instead an adjective "Awake".

Nearby Words: awaken, awakening, awakened, awaked

Known

Known adjective - Apprehended with certainty.

Awake and known are semantically related in aware topic. Sometimes you can use "Awake" instead an adjective "Known".

Nearby Words: know, knowing

Both words in one sentence

  • The character known as Grace in Dead Again starts the movie only able to talk in her sleep, but not at all while awake.
    Source: Dumb Struck
  • Drew is unable to use the pills known as "Z-Sup" which let everyone else stay awake 24 hours a day, due to an allergy.
  • A sidequest in Mass Effect 3 offers Shepard the chance to do this to a known batarian terrorist — with the twist that the victim is awake and begs Shepard to kill him.
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