wakingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/us/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/the moment when you wake:
For a moment, between waking and sleeping, he couldn't understand where he was.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- woke
- woken
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wakingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/us/ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/used to refer to a period of time or an experience during which you are awake:
Children are in school for 15 percent of their waking hours/life between birth and the age of 16.
She seems to spend every waking moment/minute/hour (= all her available time) at the piano.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- woke
- woken
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