Awake and Ready

Awake

Awake adjective - Paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity.

Usage example: awake to the possibility of trouble at the demonstration

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Ready and awake are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead the word "Awake" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Words: awaken, awakening, awakened, awaked

Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.

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Awake and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Awake" instead the word "Ready" as an adjective or an adverb.

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

By the time Samus arrived, the surviving Luminoth had gone into stasis, with only U-Mos awake and ready to go down fighting preventing the last bit of Planetary Energy from being stolen.

Source: Video Game / Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
After a grueling battle, he looked ready to sleep under Mirage herself, but was snapped back awake when zombie Jasmine and zombie Fasir barge in, much to Mirage's inconvenience.

Source: Western Animation / Aladdin: The Series aka: Aladdin
These include Making a recording of himself talking about getting ready to go work, creating a mask with open eyes to appear awake, and even hiring a double (who seems to think he's playing "Briam").

Source: Web Video / Britanick

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