awakening

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

[edit] Adjective

awakening

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

[edit] Noun

awakening (plural awakenings)

  1. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
  2. (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

[edit] Translations

the act of awaking
a revival of religion

[edit] Verb

awakening

  1. Present participle of awake.
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