woke
woke — adjective
- wokepositive
- wokercomparative
- wokestsuperlative
1. having a strong awareness of important social issues, especially those related t
having a strong awareness of important social issues, especially those related to racial justice, fairness, and equal treatment of all people in society
Minh became more woke about racial inequality after attending the community forum.
predicative: became woke about [issue]
The school's new history course aims to keep students woke about social justice issues.
keep + object + woke about [topic]
When Heloísa moved to Taipei, she became more woke about how different cultural groups experience discrimination.
Piotr's podcast interviews help listeners stay woke about problems in the local education system.
Reuben told his younger brother that being woke means listening to people whose voices are often ignored.
- aware
broader and more neutral; 'woke' specifically focuses on social and racial justice
- enlightened
more formal and suggests deeper understanding; less tied to contemporary social movements
- conscious
overlaps significantly but can be used in non-social contexts (e.g., health-conscious); 'woke' is always about social issues
- oblivious
completely unaware of social problems
- uninformed
lacking knowledge about social issues, without implying willful ignorance
文法句型
be + woke
stay + woke
become + woke
keep + noun + woke
用法筆記
Typically used in predicate position (be/stay/become/keep + woke). Can also appear attributively before a noun (e.g., a woke perspective, woke culture), though less common.
常見錯誤
woke — verb
1. past tense of wake — meaning to stop sleeping or to cause someone to stop sleepi
past tense of wake — meaning to stop sleeping or to cause someone to stop sleeping
Sora woke up late and missed the first bus to school.
woke up (intransitive, no object)
The baby woke everyone in the house when she cried at three in the morning.
woke + object (transitive: caused to wake)
Benjamin woke to the sound of rain hitting his bedroom window.
Léa woke her brother gently so they would not miss the sunrise.
- slept
the opposite action; slept through means not waking up
文法句型
woke + up
woke + object + up
woke + to + noun
用法筆記
This is the simple past form of the irregular verb wake (wake → woke → woken). It can be used transitively (He woke the children) or intransitively (She woke at six). The phrasal verb wake up uses woke up in the past tense.