awakening

US: /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/
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.
award
v.
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