# wake-up

**Pronunciation:** WAKE-UP

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** verb

## Meaning

Wake-up means (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

## Examples

- The lesson showed how to wake-up in a natural sentence.
- Check who or what will wake-up before translating the verb.
- The example helped students understand when to wake-up.

## Common patterns

- to wake-up — Use the infinitive form when naming the action. — The lesson showed when to wake-up.
- wake-up in context — Check the sentence to see who does the action. — We studied how wake-up works in context.

## Collocations

- try to wake-up — They will try to wake-up after practice.
- learn to wake-up — Students learn to wake-up by seeing examples.

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