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Meaning of broad awake | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

wide awake

not-comparable

Examples

“1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VII The felon Rufus Dawes had stretched himself in his bunk and tried to sleep. But though he was tired and sore, and his head felt like lead, he could not but keep broad awake.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

broad in the beam broad-based broad-beamed broad-brush broad-gauge broad-leaved