awakening
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
awakening
- 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
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awakening (plural awakenings)
- The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
- (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
[edit] Translations
- Arabic: صحوة (ʂáħwa) f.
- Finnish: herääminen (1), herätys (1,2)
- Hebrew: התעוררות (hitorerut) f. (1)
[edit] Verb
awakening
- Present participle of awake.