wakefulness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wakefulness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wakefulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wakefulness n a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar" a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come" Synonym(s): wakefulness, sleeplessness Antonym(s): drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolence the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue" Synonym(s): watchfulness, wakefulness, vigilance, alertness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wakeful \Wake"ful\, a. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant. Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. --Dryden. -- {Wake"fully}, adv. -- {Wake"fulness}, n.