wakening Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈweɪ.kən]
  • Us [ ˈweɪ.kən]

Meaning of wakening In English

  • 0 present participle of waken

  • 1 to (cause to) wake from sleep:

    • I shook him but he didn't waken.

    • Waken me at 7.00, would you?

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Examples of wakening

  • We are wakening up to our folly at last, and we only ask for a small proportion of what we ought to have.

  • We consider that the fullest practicable disclosure of information concerning the activities of companies will lessen such opportunities and accord with a wakening social consciousness.

  • I was glad that the report devoted a section to wakening times.

  • Surpluses in the trade in services have also been wakening over recent years.

  • Upon wakening, the ritualist seer could, for example, write down everything he or she has experienced, witnessed, or been told.

  • Upon wakening, she craves more.

  • From there, there seemed to come a delicate breeze, filling the air with biting cold, and among the murmuring woods on neighboring hills wakening the birds into joyous song.

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