woken

woken

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwəʊ.kən/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwoʊ.kən/
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  • Rhymes: -əʊkən
  • Hyphenation: wo‧ken

Etymology 1

Morphologically woke +‎ -n.

Verb

woken

  1. past participle of wake

Etymology 2

    From woke + -en.

    Verb

    woken (third-person singular simple present wokens, present participle wokening, simple past and past participle wokened)

    1. (ambitransitive) To make or become woke or woker.
      • 2022, Bruce Wagner, ROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr:
        The “wokening” industry swallowed Orr's latest incarnation—the new, improved Rory Rabineau—as a perfect antidote to the perceived poison of his uninsurable “mental instability.”
      • 2022, Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This Country:
        Which is why progressivism ain't no religion; it's a cult. Instead of the Ten Commandments, it's political correctness. Instead of any meaningful spiritual awakening, it's a performative wokening.
      • 2023, Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris, The Black Guy Dies First:
        Instead of a grim reminder of reality in which the Black hero survives the ordeal only to be wrongfully dispatched by police—à la Night of the Living Dead—Get Out exudes the hope of an ever-wokening world.
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    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    woken

    1. inflection of woke:
      1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
      2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
      3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
      4. strong dative plural
      5. weak/mixed all-case plural

    Lower Sorbian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈɔkʲɛn]

    Noun

    woken

    1. genitive plural of wokno

    Synonyms

    • woknow

    Middle English

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Old English wācian; equivalent to woke +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare weyken and Old English wǣcan.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    woken (rare)

    1. To become weakened or tired; to weaken.
    2. To calm; to lose one's bravery.
    3. To add water to; to make watery or soft.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of woken (weak in -ed)
    infinitive (to) woken, woke
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular woke woked
    2nd-person singular wokest wokedest
    3rd-person singular woketh woked
    subjunctive singular woke
    imperative singular
    plural1 woken, woke wokeden, wokede
    imperative plural woketh, woke
    participles wokynge, wokende woked, ywoked

    1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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    Swedish

    Noun

    woken

    1. definite singular of wok