WAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waking mean? 

• WAKING (noun)
  The noun WAKING has 1 sense:

1. the state of remaining awake

  Familiarity information: WAKING used as a noun is very rare.

• WAKING (adjective)
  The adjective WAKING has 1 sense:

1. marked by full consciousness or alertness

  Familiarity information: WAKING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of remaining awake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

days of danger and nights of waking

Hypernyms ("waking" is a kind of...):

consciousness (an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waking"):

wakefulness (a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world)

Antonym:

sleeping (the state of being asleep)

Derivation:

wake (be awake, be alert, be there)

• WAKING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by full consciousness or alertness

Synonyms:

wakeful; waking

Context example:

worked every moment of my waking hours

Similar:

awake (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious)

 Context examples 

Capable of only limited selfcare, confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours.

(ECOG Performance Status 3, NCI Thesaurus)

“Louisa, you will not mind my waking Mr. Hurst?”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) My Parkinson's symptoms cause me to have trouble falling asleep, or waking early.

(PDQUALIF - Trouble with Sleep Initiation or Waking Early, NCI Thesaurus)

I went at once, and found little difficulty in waking three of the women.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Sleeping or waking, my head has been full of this matter all night.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

As they had to sleep, and as the watches extended through the night, their whole waking time was expended in guarding Dennin.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I tell you I’ve not shut an eye in sleep since I did it, and I don’t believe I ever will again until I get past all waking.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“These results help us understand how the brain processes the details of our past waking experiences or episodic memories.”

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Depressed mood; loss of interest, lack of pleasure in hobbies, depression, early waking, diurnal swing.

(HAMA - Depressed Mood, NCI Thesaurus)

A short sleep, usually during normal waking hours.

(Nap, NCI Thesaurus)