[{"word":"awakening","phonetic":"/əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cause to become awake.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She awakened him by ringing the bell."},{"definition":"To stop sleeping; awake.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face."},{"definition":"To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!"},{"definition":"To call to a sense of sin.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["awake","stir","animate","energize","knock up","uprouse"],"antonyms":["fall asleep"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Being roused into action or activity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the awakening city\n an awakening discourse\nthe awakening dawn."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/awaken","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/awakening"]}]