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awakening en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

Etymology

From awaken + -ing.

Meanings

  1. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
    • an awakening discourse
    • the awakening city
    • the awakening dawn

Forms

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awakening en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

Etymology

From awaken + -ing.

Meanings

  1. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
  2. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
  3. (figuratively) Being roused into action or activity.
    • When I invited women to decide for themselves which rite of passage to talk or write about, I found that only a few chose their sexual awakening. 2007, Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage, page 25:
  4. The act of becoming aware of something.

Forms

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Deriveds

awokening · awakeningly · rude awakening · unawakening · spiritual awakening

Translations (72)

nv dadíníidzįįł (being roused into action or activity) · pt acordamento (the act of awaking) · ru пробужде́ние (being roused into action or activity) · el αφύπνιση (the act of awaking) · nb oppvåkning (being roused into action or activity) · hu ráébredés (being roused into action or activity) · nb oppvåkning (the act of awaking) · id kebangkitan (being roused into action or activity) · el ξύπνημα (the act of awaking) · is vakning (a revival of religion) · hu felébredés (the act of awaking) · nn oppvakning (being roused into action or activity) · is vakning (the act of awaking) · hy զարթոնք (being roused into action or activity) · es despertar (a revival of religion) · is uppvakning (the act of awaking) · hu ébredés (being roused into action or activity) · ka გამოფხიზლება (the act of awaking) · sv uppvaknande (the act of awaking) · hu ébredezés (the act of awaking) · sv väckelse (the act of awaking) · he התעוררות (the act of awaking) · fi herätys (the act of awaking) · da opvågning (being roused into action or activity) · it rinnovamento (a revival of religion) · pl budzenie się (the act of awaking) · da opvågning (the act of awaking) · ota ایقاظ (the act of awaking) · es despertar (being roused into action or activity) · es despertamiento (the act of awaking) · nn oppvakning (the act of awaking) · pl budzenie (the act of awaking) · nn vekking (the act of awaking) · fr réveil (the act of awaking) · gd dùsgadh (a revival of religion) · hu eszmélés (being roused into action or activity) · es despertamiento (being roused into action or activity) · nb vekkelse (the act of awaking) · mk пробуду́вање (the act of awaking) · uk пробудження (the act of awaking) · is trúarvakning (a revival of religion) · la ēvigilātiō (the act of awaking) · hi जागना (the act of awaking) · da vækkelse (the act of awaking) · eo vekiĝo (the act of awaking) · id kebangkitan (a revival of religion) · mk бу́дење (the act of awaking) · txb āksalñe (the act of awaking) · hu ráeszmélés (being roused into action or activity) · de Erwachen (the act of awaking) · ka გამოღვიძება (the act of awaking) · fo veking (the act of awaking) · it risveglio (a revival of religion) · id kebangunan (the act of awaking) · ru пробужде́ние (a revival of religion) · pl przebudzenie (the act of awaking) · ru пробужде́ние (the act of awaking) · hu ébredés (the act of awaking) · hi जागरण (being roused into action or activity) · gd dùsgadh (the act of awaking) · az oyanış (the act of awaking) · mk бу́дење (being roused into action or activity) · mk во́збуда (being roused into action or activity) · es despertar (the act of awaking) · sv väckelse (a revival of religion) · fi herätys (a revival of religion) · it risveglio (the act of awaking) · hy արթնացում (the act of awaking) · pt despertar (the act of awaking) · hu rádöbbenés (being roused into action or activity) · mk бу́дење (a revival of religion) · fi herääminen (the act of awaking)

awakening en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

Etymology

From awaken + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of awaken
    form of awaken