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awaken
/ə ˈweɪ kən/
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cause to become awake or conscious
awaken meaning(s)
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- (v) cause to become awake or conscious
- (v) stop sleeping
- (v) make aware
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- I awaken, for the first time, without instinctively looking at the silenced television.
- And now she has this very moving film, which at the least must awaken our compassion and, perhaps, our donations.
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awakened
/ə ˈweɪ kənd/
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aroused or activated
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awakening
/ə ˈweɪ kə nɪŋ/
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the act of waking
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award
/ə ˈwɔrd/
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a grant made by a law court
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award-winning
having received awards
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awarding
/ə ˈwɔr dɪŋ/
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a grant made by a law court
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aware
/ə ˈwɛr/
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(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or…
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awareness
/ə ˈwɛr nəs/
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having knowledge of
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awash
/ə ˈwɑʃ/
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covered with water
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away
/ə ˈweɪ/
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not present; having left
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away game
a game played away from home
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awayness
the state of being elsewhere than in particular place
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awe
/ˈɑ/
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an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
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awe-inspiring
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
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aweary
physically and mentally fatigued
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awed
/ˈɔd/
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inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
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aweigh
(used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom
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aweless
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
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awesome
/ˈɑ səm/
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inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
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awestricken
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and…
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awestruck
/ˈɑ ˌstrək/
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having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and…
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awful
/ˈɑ fəl/
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
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awfully
/ˈɑf li/
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used as intensifiers
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awfulness
/ˈɔ fəl nəs/
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a quality of extreme unpleasantness