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Meaning of 'awakening' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Awakening [ a.]
- Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
2 . Awakening [ n.]
- The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
3 . Awakening [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Awaken

Meaning of 'awakening' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . awakening [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of waking
Example in sentence:
  • it was an early awakening;
  • it was the waking up he hated most

Nearby Words:

await awaited awaiting awake awaked awaken awakened awakener awakenment awaking

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