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Definition: AWAKING |
AWAKINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Awake |
Date "AWAKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: AWAKINGSynonym: Waking. (additional references) |
Crosswords: AWAKING |
| Specialty definitions using "AWAKING": Awake. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | With a chill despondency, like one awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream, be yielded himself to the physician, and was led away. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He seemed waiting there for a ball to come and save him the trouble of awaking. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "AWAKING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "AWAKING" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
awaking | 5 |
awaking links zelda | 4 |
awaking legend links zelda | 3 |
awaking spiritual | 3 |
awaking links | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AWAKING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | ' (Awake, Awaked, Awoke, Awoken). (various references) | ||||
French | température du réveil (awaking temperature). (various references) | ||||
German | weckend (awaken, rousing), erweckend. (various references) | ||||
Hebrew | מעורר (alarm clock, arousing, excitor, stimulant, stirring). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 각성 (Arousal, Disenchantment). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | awakingay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 4, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hn autoV epi th prumnh epi to proskefalaion kaqeudwn kai diegeirousin auton kai legousin autw didaskale ou melei soi oti apollumeqa |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et erat ipse in puppi supra cervical dormiens et excitant eum et dicunt ei magister non ad te pertinet quia perimus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & he wæs on scype ofer bolster slæpende.& hyo awehten hine & cwæðen. nebe-lympð to þe þt we for-wurdðeð. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he was in the hyndir part of the boot, and slepte on a pilewe. And thei reisen hym, and seien to hym, Maistir, perteyneth it not to thee, that we perischen? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he was in the sterne a slepe on a pelowe. And they awoke him and sayde to him: Master carest thou not yt we perisshe? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he was in the hinder part of the boat, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 4, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Apan siya didto sa ulin nagkatulog nga nag-unlan. Ug siya gipukaw nila nga nag-ingon, "Magtutudlo, wala ka ba lang magkabana nga mangalumos kita?" |
| Croatian | A on na krmi spavaše na uzglavku. Probude ga i kažu mu: "Uèitelju! Zar ne mariš što ginemo?" |
| Danish | Og han var i Bagstavnen og sov på en Hovedpude, og de vække ham og sige til ham: "Mester! bryder du dig ikke om, at vi forgå?" |
| Dutch | En Hij was in het achterschip, slapende op een oorkussen; en zij wekten Hem op, en zeiden tot Hem: Meester, bekommert het U niet, dat wij vergaan? |
| Finnish | Ja itse hän oli peräkeulassa ja nukkui nojaten päänaluseen. Ja he herättivät hänet ja sanoivat hänelle: "Opettaja, etkö välitä siitä, että me hukumme?" |
| French | Et lui, il dormait la poupe sur le coussin. Ils le réveillèrent, et lui dirent: Maître, ne t`inquiètes-tu pas de ce que nous périssons? |
| Gaelic | Agus bha esan an deireadh an eathair `na chadal air cluasaig; agus dhuisg iad e, is thuirt iad ris: A Mhaighistir, nach eil umhail agad gu bheil sinn a dol a dhith? |
| German | Und er war hinten auf dem Schiff und schlief auf einem Kissen. Und sie weckten ihn auf und sprachen zu ihm: Meister, fragst du nichts darnach, daß wir verderben? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di buritan perahu itu, Yesus sedang tidur dengan kepala-Nya di atas bantal. Pengikut-pengikut-Nya membangunkan Dia. Mereka berkata, "Bapak Guru, apakah Bapak tidak peduli, kita celaka?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Ia sendiri ada di buritan sedang tidur di atas bantal, lalu mereka itu membangunkan Dia, katanya, "Ya, Guru! Tiadakah Tuan peduli kita ini binasa?" |
| Italian | Egli se ne stava a poppa, sul cuscino, e dormiva. Allora lo svegliarono e gli dissero: «Maestro, non t'importa che moriamo?». |
| Maori | Na ko ia i te kei i runga i te urunga e moe ana: a ka whakaara ratou i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, E te Kaiwhakaako, kahore ou manawapa ki a tatou ka ngaro? |
| Norwegian | Og han lå og sov bak i båten på en hodepute; og de vekket ham og sa til ham: Mester! bryr du dig ikke om at vi går under? |
| Portuguese | Ele, porém, estava na popa dormindo sobre a almofada; e despertaram-no, e lhe perguntaram: Mestre, não se te dá que pereçamos? |
| Rumanian | Wi El dormea la ckrmq pe cqpqtki. Ucenicii L-au dewteptat, wi I-au zis: ,,Knvqyqtorule, nu-Yi pasq cq pierim?`` |
| Russian | б пО У БМ ОБ ЛПТНЕ ОБ ЧПЪЗМБЧЙЙ. еЗП 'Х"СФ Й ЗПЧПТСФ еНХ: хЮЙФЕМШ! ОЕХЦЕМЙ фЕ'Е ОХЦ"Щ ОЕФ, ЮФП НЩ ПЗЙ'БЕН? |
| Shuar | Jesuska Kanú senkarin atamprus Kanúu tepemiayi. Tura, ni unuiniamuri Jesusan ishintiak chicharuk "Uunta ii wayajnia juka pachitmatsmek" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y él estaba en la popa, durmiendo sobre el cabezal; pero le despertaron diciendo: --¡Maestro! ¿No te importa que perecemos? |
| Swahili | Yesu alikuwa sehemu ya nyuma ya mashua, amelala juu ya mto. Basi, wanafunzi wakamwamsha na kumwambia, "Mwalimu, je, hujali kwamba sisi tunaangamia?" |
| Swedish | Men han själv låg i bakstammen och sov, lutad mot huvudgärden. Då väckte de honom och sade till honom: "Mästare, frågar du icke efter att vi förgås?" |
| Uma | Yesus leta' moto-i molunai hi wuntu sakaya. Kahilou-rami ana'guru-na mpolike-i, ra'uli' -ki: "Guru! Napa-di pai' nupelele' moto-ta neo' matala-tamoe?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AWAKING": reawaking. (additional references) | |
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"AWAKING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awaring, awaying, Awoling, aworking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-k-n-w" | |
-1 letter: waking. | |
-2 letters: again, awing, kiang, wigan. | |
-3 letters: agin, akin, anga, gain, gawk, gink, gnaw, kain, kana, kina, king, wain, wing, wink. | |
-4 letters: aga, ain, ana, ani, awa, awn, gan, gin, ink, kin, nag, naw, wag, wan, wig, win. | |
-5 letters: aa, ag, ai, an, aw, in, ka, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-k-n-w" | |
+2 letters: awakening, lawmaking, reawaking. | |
+3 letters: jaywalking, lawmakings. | |
+4 letters: backwashing, cakewalking, lawbreaking, racewalking, reawakening, tomahawking, watchmaking. | |
+5 letters: lawbreakings, racewalkings, spacewalking, watchmakings, watermarking. | |
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