awakening

[ uh-wey-kuh-ning ]

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adjective

rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.

noun

the act of awaking from sleep.
a revival of interest or attention.

a recognition, realization, or coming into awareness of something: a rude awakening to the disagreeable facts.
a renewal of interest in religion, especially in a community; a revival.

Origin of awakening

First recorded in 1585–95; awaken + -ing², -ing¹

Other words from awakening

a·wak·en·ing·ly, adverb
re·a·wak·en·ing, noun
un·a·wak·en·ing, adjective

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How to use awakening in a sentence

The essence of OZYMA lies in the awakening of the seven chakras, or the energy points of the body.
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I was not in the market for any sort of a scientific awakening.
How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 17, 2020 | Freakonomics
NLE Choppa — “Picture Me Grapin’”Budding star NLE Choppa made headlines when he connected with Erykah Badu and has a spiritual awakening.
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Most recently, his work with New Zealand’s Fisher & Paykel Healthcare led to CPAP changes such as the ability to detect awakenings from breathing patterns and automatically relieve pressure.
The science and technology of sound sleep | Katie McLean | October 20, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Fortunately, the fitness industry is trying to accommodate this mass awakening.
Staying fit is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic | jakemeth | October 5, 2020 | Fortune

Instead, he found that they developed erratically and sometimes experienced periods of dormancy before reawakening.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer | ProPublica | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But there are signs that the grassroots operation is reawakening in a big way.
The Dems' Cash Cow | Benjamin Sarlin | April 2, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
We seemed to keep equal pace with the reawakening of the vegetable world northwards, and even to go faster than it.
The Backwoodsman | Various
There nature is least under man's restraint and gives the first signs of her reawakening.
In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. Robinson
It was pity for him, her old genuine love for him reawakening, that made her at last rouse herself to tell him the truth.
The Making of a Prig | Evelyn Sharp
Before this, however, there were symptoms of the reawakening of a dormant idea.
The Pictorial Press | Mason Jackson
The imagination of the detective found a way of reawakening the interest.
The House of the Combrays | G. le Notre

British Dictionary definitions for awakening

awakening

/ (əˈweɪkənɪŋ, əˈweɪknɪŋ) /

noun

the start of a feeling or awareness in a person: a picture of an emotional awakening

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