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waking
noun [U] /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/Definition
› the moment when you wake: For a moment, between waking and sleeping, he couldn't understand where he was.Not sleeping and not unconscious
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Synonyms and related words:
- awaken verb
- awoke verb
- awoken verb
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round phrasal verb (BECOME CONSCIOUS)
- conscious adjective (AWAKE)
- consciousness noun (AWAKE)
- rise and shine! idiom
- rise verb (MOVE UP)
- riser noun (PERSON)
- rouse verb
- sit up phrasal verb (STAY AWAKE)
- stir verb (MOVE)
- toss verb (MOVE)
- wait up phrasal verb
- wake (sb) up phrasal verb (STOP SLEEPING)
- wakeful adjective
- waken verb
- wakey-wakey exclamation
- waking adjective
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