Definitions for awakening
əˈweɪ kə nɪŋawak·en·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. awakening, wakening, waking up(noun)

   the act of waking

   "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"

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1. awakening(Noun)

   The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.

2. awakening(Noun)

   A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

3. awakening(Adjective)

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

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1. Awakening

   of Awaken

2. Awakening(adj)

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

3. Awakening(noun)

   the act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual

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1. Awakening

   "Awakening" is the second single from Switchfoot's sixth studio album, Oh! Gravity.. The single was released to radio in March 2007. It hit Hot AC radio stations with an impact day of March 26, 2007 and eventually peaked at No. 54 on that format's charts. It was also slated for release to Top 40, Alternative, and Active Rock stations, but saw virtually no play on any of those formats.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of awakening in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of awakening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of awakening in a Sentence

1. Karen Carr:

   They open up an Etsy shop and thought they were doing something fun. Then they got huge tax bill they weren't expecting, we see a lot of people who have gotten a rude awakening in the first year and then clean it up.

2. H.W. Mann:

   The Book of Revelation refers to the end times. Do not fear the end. Our souls cannot be extinguished. They are eternal. The end times refer to the end of spiritual unconsciousness. That's what the awakening is all about. The end of a nightmare called hell. The end of separation from God. We suffer from spiritual amnesia and spiritual amnesia is the cause of our suffering.

3. Darryl Strawberry:

   It’s a behavior that’s not good for anyone, but when you have an addictive personality — like addicts, and alcoholics, and sex addiction — it’s an addictive personality. And we turn it on and turn it off. And it’s not until you have an awakening in your life to get well on the inside, and so many people never get to that place.

4. Josh Baldwin:

   It does feel like we’re on edge, like something’s about to break and there’s about to be another big awakening, i feel like the younger generation – millennials – sometimes can get a bad rap, but the thing I love about it is that they are all-in on whatever they’re going for…and the ones that are going after the Lord they’re so passionate about it that I feel like that’s what changes our nation – their passion and their hunger.

5. Dejan Stojanovic:

   It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.

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