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awakenawaken /əˈweɪkən/ ●○○ verb formal ETYMOLOGYawakenOrigin: Old English awæcnian, from wæcnian; ➔ WAKEN VERB TABLEawaken |
Present | I, you, we, they | awaken | | he, she, it | awakens | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | awakened | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have awakened | | he, she, it | has awakened | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had awakened | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will awaken | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have awakened |
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Present | I | am awakening | | he, she, it | is awakening | | you, we, they | are awakening | Past | I, he, she, it | was awakening | | you, we, they | were awakening | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been awakening | | he, she, it | has been awakening | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been awakening | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be awakening | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been awakening |
1[transitive] to make someone feel an emotion or begin to understand something: The movie awakened a deeper understanding of Mexican culture in me.2[intransitive, transitive] to wake up or to make someone wake up: He was awakened by the phone.awaken somebody ↔ to something phrasal verb to make someone understand a situation and its possible effects: People must be awakened to the danger to the environment. |