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Definition of waking adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waking

adjective
 
/ˈweɪkɪŋ/
 
/ˈweɪkɪŋ/
[only before noun]
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  1. used to describe time when you are not asleep
    • She spends all her waking hours caring for her mother.
    • He thought of her every waking moment.
    Extra Examples
    • She spends every waking hour at the gym.
    • They spend every waking minute together.
    • I don't expect to spend every waking moment at work.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWaking is used with these nouns:
    • dream
    • hour
    • thought
    See full entry
See waking in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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