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awakens

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈweɪkənz// UK //ɐwˈeɪkənz// awak·ens

v. to stop sleeping or to make someone else stop sleeping. It can also mean to start feeling an emotion or interest that was not there before.

v. to stop sleeping or to rouse someone from sleep. Often used figuratively to describe the sudden emergence of a feeling, memory, or interest.


SIMPLE

The bright morning sun awakens the birds in the trees.

CONTEXTUAL

The smell of fresh coffee usually awakens him before his alarm clock even goes off.

COMPLEX

The documentary awakens a sense of social responsibility in many viewers who previously felt indifferent to the environmental crisis.

Synonyms
Usage

Third-person singular present form of 'awaken'. It can be used both transitively and intransitively.

Pitfall

He awakens at 6 AM every day.He wakes up at 6 AM every day.While 'awakens' is grammatically correct, it is more literary; 'wakes up' is the standard choice for daily routines in modern English.

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