awakening
US: /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/
UK: /ɐwˈeɪknɪŋ/
UK: /ɐwˈeɪknɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
awakening
- danh từ
- hành vi nhận thức
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] an occasion when you realize sth or become aware of sth: If they had expected a warm welcome, they were in for a rude awakening (= they would soon realize that it would not be warm).
2 [C, U] the act of beginning to understand or feel sth; the act of sth starting or waking: sexual awakening + the awakening of interest in the environment
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
See awake, 1, 2, above.
awardv.
1 grant, give, confer, bestow, present, accord, furnish, endow with; assign, apportion:
Her dog was awarded the blue ribbon in the club show.
n.
2 prize, trophy, reward:
The award for the tidiest boats has been won by the Bristol Yacht Club.
3 grant, bestowal, presentation, endowment, awarding:
Before the award of the prizes, we listened to speeches. Profits were up last year despite a large pay award.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
rude, sudden
If they expected a warm welcome, they were in for a rude awakening.
| slow | political, sexual, spiritual
the political awakening that followed the Second World War
PREP.
~ from, ~ to
an awakening from a terrible vision to cheerful realities
Concise English dictionary
awakenings-knɪŋ] a'ware·ness|awareness [-nɪs
noun
+the act of waking
awakens|awakened|awakening-kən
verb
+cause to become awake or conscious
+stop sleeping
+make aware
