awakening

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/əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

noun 4adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

rude, sudden

She had a sudden awakening when she realized her childhood friend had moved away forever.

slow

political, sexual, spiritual

The young activist described her spiritual awakening during a year traveling through Southeast Asia.

PREP

~ from, ~ to

She had a sudden awakening to the problems facing her community after volunteering at the local shelter.

Definitions

adj

Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting

the awakening city

an awakening discourse

noun

The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.

A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

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.

The act of becoming aware of something.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of waking

wakening

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

the awakening city

Wiktionary

an awakening discourse

Wiktionary

the awakening dawn

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Life is one awakening after the other.

Tatoeba · #630766

What's essential in education is not the doctrine that is taught, it's the awakening.

Tatoeba · #713332

Usage Notes

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