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Meanings of wakefulness in English

Catalan
vigilància
Spanish
vigilancia

The process of paying close and continuous attention.

vigilància
Portuguese
insônia
Catalan
desvetllament
Spanish
vela

A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep.

insônia
Russian
бодрствование
Portuguese
acordar
Spanish
estar despierto

State of consciousness in which an individual is conscious and engages in coherent cognitive and behavioral responses to the external world.

бодрствование
Usage of wakefulness in English
1
They picture to themselves in darkest colors the dire results of wakefulness.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
2
But in reality the sharpened spur of wakefulness penetrated much more deeply.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
3
A little yoga will reduce stress, promote wakefulness, and clear your mind.
The South African
4
Dayvigo may lead to complex sleep behaviors and can impair daytime wakefulness.
Reuters
5
With the twilight settling in upon his bed Lockwin starts into wakefulness.
David Lockwin—The People's Idol
6
She went over it and over it, lying in stubborn troubled wakefulness.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
7
What's wrong? His voice came muffled, slurred, as if struggling to wakefulness.
Discord's apple
8
Once in bed, and there had been an end of all wakefulness.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878...
9
The most fantastic happenings seemed possible through the long hours of wakefulness.
The Brown Mask
10
Three of the four passengers inside struggled at once into upright wakefulness.
Snow-Bound at Eagle's
11
For the wakefulness and unrest of rapidly breeding illness were upon him.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
12
Ben felt a hand on his arm and swam upward to wakefulness.
Salem’s Lot
13
The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
14
The Philosopher had jerked out of slumber into a wakefulness like mine.
The Soul of the War
15
It jagged the whole of Jan's outer consciousness into the widest wakefulness.
Jan: A Dog and a Romance
16
Then it was that something unlooked for startled him into sudden wakefulness.
Bobby of the Labrador
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Wakefulness across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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